PEOPLE I'VE MET ON THE WAY

(Last updated: 04.01.08)

The first person to include within this section is my Great Uncle Howard Bass

PERSON No. 1: Howard Bass (My Great Uncle)

I never really knew my great uncle Howard until I started this project back in June 2003, up until that point I had heard that he was a sports writer focusing mainly on ice skating but knew little more. After chatting to Gran I established Howard's home address and wrote to him requesting a photograph and some details about his brother Ken. He promptly replied with an interesting letter and the following enclosed photograph...

Howard Bass
Oct 1921 - Oct 2007



I kept in touch with him from that point onwards and made my first visit to his home in Enfield in early 2004. We sat for hours chatting away, initially about Ken's time in the RAF. Howard had hundreds of fascinating stories of his times spent around the world at Olympic events, skating championships and gave many more interesting accounts from his life. We exchanged postcards from time to time and managed a few more Enfield visits after that, each time with a new set of stories equally as interesting as the last, and with him always insistent on buying lunch (roast chicken dinner). Great uncle Howard along with Gran was someone that I felt I had a close bond with, especially with the link to Ken, I will treasure those times spent together forever.

  

Sadly Howard passed away on the 30th October 2007, 2 days after his 86th birthday, I shall miss him dearly and often wish I had met him earlier in life. Nevertheless I'm glad we had time together in his last few years.



He never really wanted his photograph displayed on the internet when he was alive but I'm sure he won't mind these now he's passed away