Allan was such an entertaining character. The first time I heard him give a talk was at the BAA Lunar Section meeting in Morecambe in June 1984. I realised then that he was in a league of his own. One of my greatest memories is of a day I spent with Allan and Ken Goward at Oxford in August 2004. He had offered to help with our research into the Bury St Edmunds Athenaeum Observatory, at the Bodleian library, but he gave us a tour of everywhere! He arrived on his bicycle of course, photo attached. For lunch he took us to his local pub. At the bar he ordered “Your largest pot of tea my good man and three plates of your delicious Fish and Chips…” He was a fantastic character – a one-off.
Martin
