Bill Phipps

A number of members have asked for a page on the website where photos, videos and anecdotes about Bill can be shared.  This is it.

Bill at the 2007 Christmas Party

Bill on the trombone accompanying us singing the Serps Song

Bill et al performing at the 2008 Christmas Party

Bill presenting prizes for his cup on 10th May 2009

 

Thursday 8th October 2009 from YouTube comment:

This is moreorless true: Sam once told me a story about his dad, Bill, that I think of when things go wrong, especially when they cost me. Bill had just made some silverware worth about �5k and put it in his car to take to his customer. He then went back into the house for a cup of tea. When he returned to the car, the silver had been stolen. Bill's take on this catastrophic setback? "Oh, I just told myself that I had spent the money on a cruise and had just got back from a fantastic holiday"!

 

From Duff Kelly

 

Bill Phipps Obituary

Bill's obituary was in the Daily Telegraph on the 18th October 2009. Click here to download the pdf of the obituary

Link to the Telegraph webpage

 

Cyril Wood talking on Radio 4 about Bill (30/10/09)

Go to 23 mins into this file: CLICK HERE

 

Norman Saxby on Bill

Bill was a real character. His bike in the eighties was a really clapped out thing, complete with false specs and nose. It was such a wreck I would not have even given it to a jumble sajle it was so awful! Yet one day when several of us went up to the Imperial College pool for a swim, somebody actually pinched his bike from outside the pool !   Bill & I often had a side bet on our handicap races. We would challenge each other to a bottle of beer for the winner. Needless to say we took turns in winning. It ended up with us both swapping a bottle of beer with the most unusual name.  such as Snecklifter or Fiddlers Elbow Bill was a great character and a true friend. He will be sadly missed. I am lucky to have many happy memories of him.


After the Peter pan race on xmas day 1991