| We regret to report that Life Member Cyril Harrison, our most longstanding
member, died on 23 May 2007. Cyril was a member of Harrow Referees' Society briefly in the 1950s and then continuously from the 1962/63 season and was awarded a Life Membership in recognition of his long service as both Treasurer (four seasons from 1st November 1968 to May 1972) and auditor (31 seasons from 1972/73 to 2003/04). He was also a former Mayor of Harrow and long-serving Harrow councillor. There will be many who will be saddened at his death. Service of Appreciation
On Sunday 9th December 2007 David
Roberts, Graeme Thorley and Gordon Isaacs attended a service of
appreciation to mark Cyril's life.
The service took place in the
Council Chamber of the Civic Centre and was led by the Mayor of
Harrow.
The mood was deliberately upbeat: an
eclectic mix of live music - from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers to
Trad Jazz - interspersed with tributes covering an equally wide
range of Cyril's interests. From politics (Minister of State Tony
McNulty and MEP Robert Evans) to law (past Chairman of the
Institute of Barristers' Clerks) to football (Gordon Isaacs as
close friend and past President of HRS).
It was a fitting testimony to a
remarkable man.
A Tribute Harrow Society President Graeme Thorley paid the following tribute: "I was treasurer of Harrow Referees' Society for 14 years and during
almost the whole of that time Cyril was my auditor. The season is now at an end but we will mark his passing at the first meeting of the new season in September with a minute’s silence. "
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