Goodbye The Bramble
I have been in contact with Tony's brother Bill who sent me this text
"I am sorry to inform you Tony is no longer with us. I did try to sign up to t2w at the time just to let the membership know as I knew from numerous conversation with him that he had been a passionate contributor to the site. However, I wasn’t able to as site management had blocked our domain IP. (I don’t need to know – with Tony, I can imagine!)
Africa is as alluring commercially now as it has ever been and equally as dangerous. As his big brother I cautioned him against personally managing our portfolio out there suggesting the use of local intermediaries instead. But he was a hands-on kind of chap and felt we needed ‘company boots on the ground’.
We never received confirmation from the authorities on the nature of his demise or of even having located his remains let alone recovering them and have had to rely on anecdotal and 3rd party information, but from sufficient independent sources to unfortunately satisfy our worst fears.
He is greatly missed by us all and the good work he started out there, both commercially for the corporation and those of a more personal philanthropic nature continue to blossom and do his memory proud.
It pleases me that you found something from his efforts which has been of use to you"
His brother said "Feel free to use any or all of the contents of my email to you".
The only parts I have missed out are the contact details and his full name, but I am sending a copy of the full email onto Sharkey so that he can verify its veracity.
I will end with a quote of his that I sent to Tony in 2008 when he departed T2W (again !).
"Keep up the good work and don't ever, please, just don't ever stop thinking afresh. You'd be amazed just how few do"
Charlton
I have been in contact with Tony's brother Bill who sent me this text
"I am sorry to inform you Tony is no longer with us. I did try to sign up to t2w at the time just to let the membership know as I knew from numerous conversation with him that he had been a passionate contributor to the site. However, I wasn’t able to as site management had blocked our domain IP. (I don’t need to know – with Tony, I can imagine!)
Africa is as alluring commercially now as it has ever been and equally as dangerous. As his big brother I cautioned him against personally managing our portfolio out there suggesting the use of local intermediaries instead. But he was a hands-on kind of chap and felt we needed ‘company boots on the ground’.
We never received confirmation from the authorities on the nature of his demise or of even having located his remains let alone recovering them and have had to rely on anecdotal and 3rd party information, but from sufficient independent sources to unfortunately satisfy our worst fears.
He is greatly missed by us all and the good work he started out there, both commercially for the corporation and those of a more personal philanthropic nature continue to blossom and do his memory proud.
It pleases me that you found something from his efforts which has been of use to you"
His brother said "Feel free to use any or all of the contents of my email to you".
The only parts I have missed out are the contact details and his full name, but I am sending a copy of the full email onto Sharkey so that he can verify its veracity.
I will end with a quote of his that I sent to Tony in 2008 when he departed T2W (again !).
"Keep up the good work and don't ever, please, just don't ever stop thinking afresh. You'd be amazed just how few do"
Charlton
