Christopher James Tattersall (SH 55-60). Jenny Tattersall has kindly supplied the following notice:
“Christopher, sadly already suffering from dementia, died on 17th October 2020 after a five week battle against a massive infection. His wife, Jenny and daughters, Frances and Eleanor were at his bedside. Chris was born in Wakefield in 1942 to an already established family and they moved to Sheffield in 1950 when his father started his own surveying practice there. In 1955 he followed his elder brother, Lawrence, to St Bees where, adding to his interest in engineering, mining in particular, he discovered classical music, theatre and art. He sang in the choir, acted in school plays (often taking a female role) and fell in love with the Lake District - a love which he never lost. He wasn’t really interested in traditional ball sports but enjoyed swimming and cross country running and was good at target shooting. At St Bees he also joined the school’s Officer Cadet Force which laid the foundations for his later career in the Territorial Army.
	Originally, he intended to become a mining engineer, but at Imperial College London he lost his rather romantic notions about mines and moved college to achieve a degree in Estate Management and joined his father and brother in the family partnership in Sheffield. He subsequently became senior partner, successfully specialising in the esoteric field of business rates, particularly for public houses. In 1965, Chris joined the Territorial Army, first as a gunner officer in the Royal Artillery, then rebadging as an infantryman in the Yorkshire Volunteers. He rose from sub lieutenant to full colonel over the course of a long TA career, which gave him immense pleasure and satisfaction. His military involvement was crowned by his appointment as a Deputy Lieutenant of South Yorkshire in 1988. Chris met Jenny, his wife of 54 years, acting with the Imperial College Dramatic Society and their two daughters were born in the early 1970s. His love of all things theatrical involved serving on the fundraising committee to build the much loved Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and many years on the board of the neighbouring Lyceum Theatre Trust.
His interests were wide ranging – from a love of canals, industrial archaeology, photography, travel (particularly to Venice) to classical ballet and always the theatre. In later life he became an accomplished silversmith with his own hallmark at Sheffield Assay Office. He will be very much missed.”

 

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