The Comfort and Sweetness of Peace
After the clouds, the sunshine,
after the winter, the spring,
after the shower, the rainbow,
for life is a changeable thing.
After the night, the morning,
bidding all darkness cease,
after life’s cares and sorrows,
the comfort and sweetness of peace.
Helen Steiner Rice
Remembering and missing our friends and workmates – smiles never forgotten
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- Phillip Dinardo
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- Steve Callaghan
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- Steve Callaghan
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- Steve Sanders
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- Phil Foster
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- Jilly Palmer
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- Jill Palmer and Steve Sanders
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- Sue Rouse 1949-1983
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- Steve Sanders
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- Steve Sanders
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- Phil Foster
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- Phil Foster 17/07/53 – 1/07/97
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- Phil Foster
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- Ollie McCardle
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- Clive Murfett
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- Peter Barnard
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- Greg Fazackerley 1953 – 2007
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- Charlie Rennie
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- Richard Slade
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- Graham Staddon
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- Phil Barnes
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- Fred Hay
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- Robbie Luchu
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- Robbie Absolum
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- Len Smart
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- Ian Sutton
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- Gary Sandman 08/02/1962 – 26/04/1988
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- Jackie Deeprose
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- Peter Dunn
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- Linda Jones
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- Peter News
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- Mike Gratton 28/09/1950 – 04/08/2010
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- Gwenda Manning, Vicki Harwood, Maxine Abbott, Peter Stevens, Malcolm Riseley – all sadly missed.
We welcome your memory contributions to our Memorial page – just click on an image
I don’t have a photo but many will remebmer Peter Stevens ( Security Manager ) who died in an unfortunate boating accident. Peter was also Security Manager at Mindil Beach Hotel Casino R.I.P.
Peter Stevens was a member of the Tas. Police, when Wrest point opened, and he joined the staff at Wrest Point as a security officer under Jim Gleeson just when we opened.
I heard he had gone to N.T., but sadly I did not know he had passed.
I’m sure lots will remember Ken Harrison – from Security at Wrest Point and then Surveillance in Townsville and a lot of other places as well.
Unfortunately Ken passed away in 2004.
I don’t know you, Virginia, but I remember Ken well from WP and liked him. He “guarded” me and many others when we carried floats and fills around the casino and was around if there was a bit of an issue. Nice bloke with a smile and a pleasant manner yet always professional.
Michael Gratton past away on Wednesday 4th August 2010.
Hi Lynn,
I am very sorry to hear about Mike.
It’s unnerving to see how many of our friends have gone.
Joanne Jeffrey
Denis Garwood past away on 5th June 2011, he was a head cleaner at Wrest Point.
Denis Garwood was a very loyal, honest and hard working cleaner at Wrest Point for many years.
When I joined the company in 1970 he was head cleaner at the old Wrest Point.
The number of times I saw him moving furniture around and re-setting rooms for functions well, you couldn’t count how many times.
I remember him well and I am very sorry to hear of his passing
regards
Peter Bible
Security Manager Federal Hotels
I’m writing this on Mon 16th April. Ian Beveridge’s funeral is in Hobart today. I’m in the UK so, sadly, it’s not possible for me to be there. I first met Ian whilst working at WP in 1976 and I based myself at Ian’s house in Sandy Bay when I visited Tassie in 2000. When he stayed at my place in London a couple of years later Ian managed to immediately find valuable books in charity shops within half a mile of the house I’d lived in for 20 years!
We were always in touch over the years despite Ian’s aversion to email. I spoke to him around Xmas when he was already aware that he had only a short time to live. He was amazingly philosophical, which didn’t really surprise me. He was a person with great strength of character and a Scot to the core!
Ian Beveridge was one of the kindest, most thoughtful people I’ve ever met. It was a privilege to know him and I won’t be forgetting him in a hurry. Imperial Bookshop in Hobart is part of his legacy and a place where any other book-loving ex-WP staff might like to remember Ian.
Roy