A great man, with solid principles which guided him & Ivy when running the excellent Swindon club since 1960.

One notable aspect of the club was the amazing cross section of ages found there, especially in earlier years- very unusual now & hardly existing anywhere today.

They stayed with us in Dunbeacon west Cork in the nineties & gave the locals many a song and story- we do recall when old pal Christy Moore paid us a visit about that time.

Christy was a regular guest at the Marsden Inn in the 60s, and when we told him Ted & Ivy were staying with us, he was totally delighted & said in his inimitable way 'Jaysus, great, youse feckkers at Marsden & Swindon were the only ones who'd give me a booking in those days'

Sad I won't get to the funeral from Ireland, but will be there in spirit & with Ivy all the way- thanks to trhe pair of you, an inspiration to us for years