Harry and Joyce

We said goodbye to Joyce yesterday, at the little Kentish church she loved, with family, friends, and colleagues from her life of service. It was a day of overwhelming sadness and also laughter.  At the very end of a moving service, our daughter read a funny little AA Milne poem that she and my mother…

It’s been a week since we said goodbye to my mother, and I’m coming to the end of a short period of rest and reflection in Madrid.  I wanted to do three more things related to her passing.  The first is to thank all those who via this site, or Facebook, or directly, sent their…

We are all so sad. On the morning of 8th February, my kind, funny, and wise father Harry McAughtry passed away. A quiet hero for me all my life, he was a beacon of honour, humility, and selflessness. Along with my lovely mother he taught us all how to live, and he taught me how…

My dear father, Harry McAughtry passed away on 8th February this year, and his funeral was held at the quiet Kentish church in Halstead on 19th February.   As always when he was involved, the occasion brought together family and friends, but this time to share in our loss, and remember his life and his influence…