From Maxie 8th June 2011

We all knew Dickie for his irrepressible and often irreverent sense of humour but who could ever forget also his flamboyant dress sense. He stood out in a crowd at any time, in more ways than one, but never more so than when the ‘Rufford Gang’ spent an hilarious weekend in a Lake District youth hostel in 1995. We were all dressed in normal, casual walking gear, as one would expect for exploring the lakes, but not our Dickie! Clad in a long black leather coat, black leather hat and sunglasses with shutter flaps, he was a dead ringer for Herr Flick! My happy memories of that weekend will live with me forever. Bless you Dickie.