Chris Lord (G 53-57) has written the following:

Peter Gibson Lord (G 58-62).

“My brother Peter died on 17th September, age 78. He was the second of three brothers to follow their father to St Bees; a sister might well have followed also except neither parents nor school would have contemplated such a thing in 1962! Peter was a chorister in the time of Donald Leggatt and remembered riding in that famous TR2. He also remembered, as do I, rehearsing the last five words of Psalm 121 verse 6. After school he joined John Lewis in Liverpool and then moved into the timber trade, first in Liverpool, then Cheltenham, interrupted by a spell in Vancouver. He made his way to Canada as a supernumerary on a cargo ship, which proved to be quite an adventure. Returning to the UK, he joined British Home Stores in London, working on the buying side of the business. Armed with that experience he joined Kays of Worcester.

In 1972 he married Mary, a young lady from Norfolk whom he met in London.

They had two children, Katherine and Adrian, and five grandchildren.

The family lived in Worcester until 1989, when a new job took Peter to Great Universal Stores in Manchester. Growing restless with the corporate life and with their children then grown up, Peter and Mary moved to Norfolk, where Peter undertook a variety of different jobs and devoted more time to his music. They moved back to Heswall, on the Wirral, about ten years ago and it has been a delight for our sister and me to have him living close by once again after half a century.

Peter was a gifted keyboard player. He was a church organist, playing at regular Sunday services as well as weddings and funerals, taught the piano, and entertained in restaurants, care homes and at private events. His friendly and sociable nature, together with his music, brought joy into many lives.

For the last two years he has struggled bravely and patiently with health problems and finally succumbed to cancer.”

 

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