Paul Williams (M 48-58)

P.M. (Monty) Morgan (F 53-58) attended Paul’s funeral and has sent in the following:

“A Celebration of the life of Paul Williams took place at St Marylebone Crematorium on Friday 28^th September 2018. It was attended by J.D.S. (Tim) Brown (G 53-59) from Ambleside and myself from Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire.

The Celebration finished with a get together in Paul’s favourite restaurant, Fredericks in Camden Passage, Islington where ‘His Table’ was decorated with flowers and a picture of him and his partner, Bertie, next to a Cunard liner. They spent many a holiday cruising, usually on MV Minerva until Swan Hellenic went out of business, and then on Cunard liners.

Paul Williams (Sir) taught us both and hundreds of others English and was my housemaster on Foundation. We both left at the end of the school year in 1958.  Paul went into theatre design before returning to teaching. Those of us who studied under Paul knew what an exceptional teacher he was.

Paul had an exceptionally happy life with Bertie, who predeceased him by five years. They lived for many years in Corsica Street, Highbury N5 where they were well known locally, even setting up their Neighbourhood Association.

Thanks must go to Paul’s niece, Rachel Card, from Beccles in Suffolk for organising this Celebration which Tim and I were so pleased to have attended.”

 

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