Hello Gerry, Lovely to hear your reminiscing memories of Roscoe Howells. I am very proud of the fact that Roscoe Howells was a very dear family friend. In fact, he gave the eulogy speech at my father's funeral - one that I and many others will never forget. Roscoe was a great raconteur of local stories and local knowledge of Pembrokeshire. He was a unique person - I have never met anyone who could tell a story like Roscoe! I saw him last just before Christmas, and although he was tired, very tired, he still had the ability and desire to tell a yarn! He wrote many factual books on Pembrokeshire which will be around forever but very sadly his knowledge of the people and places will be gone. Great man, great loss, very likeable although sometimes controversial too! He will be sadly missed!! Sarah (nee Cowl) from Pembrokeshire, now living in Northumberland. On 9 March 2014 14:45, Gerry Lewis <gerry@asterisk.co.uk> wrote: > Hello All > > Yesterday's Daily Telegraph contained the obituary of Roscoe Howells. > Welsh historian and author - why it should have taken so long since his > death is strange, but perhaps he wasn't "famous" enough. > > However, I'm grateful that they did publish it - put "Roscoe Howells > obituary" into your search engine and you'll find it. > > He lived in Amroth and I was fortunate, about fifteen years ago, to meet > him in Colby Woodland Garden nearby. He must have been in his late > seventies then, but appeared fit as a fiddle. We had a long chat, as I > possessed several of his books on Pembrokeshire. He wrote both novels > ("Heronsmill" was one) and factual books. I did have a copy of "From > Amroth to Utah" (which he wrote in 2001), but gave it away to a friend who > had forebears from that area. > > Gerry Lewis > > > > ================================ > Dyfed list REVISED resources http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html [Dec2012] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >