[BAA-ebulletin 01008] Maurice Gavin

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

As some members will be aware, Maurice Gavin passed away on the 5th of
June after a short period of illness.

Maurice joined the BAA initially in 1950 and re-joined in 1971. He was
a member of Council for many years and President 1995 - 1996.

He will be well remembered for his experimental and pionieering
approach to observing, developing spectrograhps, home-constructed
observatories and his videos of meetings and observing sessions. He
was very engaged on internet forums where he was usually known as
Nytecam.

Maurice's funeral will take place on Tuesday 26th June at Randalls
Park Crematorium, Randalls Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0AG, at
2.00 pm.

Any flowers should be sent to the undertakers A. & E. Longhurst,
Kingston Road, Ewell, KT17 2DX to arrive no later than 10.00 am on
26th June.

Anyone who may wish to attend the gathering after the funeral at the
Star pub in Malden Rushett, please let Ron Johnson know by e-mail
ronjohnson1781 at btinternet.com so that he can let the family know for
catering purposes.

Callum Potter
President