Tom Wilkinson W.I.S.E.

Tom Wilkinson W.I.S.E.

by | Jan 23, 2025 | GGAF

  Tom Wilkinson OBE  1948 – 2023 Tom Wilkinson was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and comes from a long line of urban farmers. He is the son of Marjorie (Percival) and Thomas Wilkinson. Economic hardships forced his family to move to Canada for a...
Roy Hackett MBE W.I.S.E. (Hons)

Roy Hackett MBE W.I.S.E. (Hons)

by | Jan 23, 2025 | GGAF

Roy Hackett MBE  1929 – 2022 Roy Hackett grew up in Trench Town in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the same 7th Street that was immortalised in the Bob Marley and the Wailers song “Natty Dread.”  Despite working as an insurance broker, among other jobs, he had...
Brian Morris W.I.S.E. (Hons)

Brian Morris W.I.S.E. (Hons)

by | Jan 23, 2025 | GGAF

Brian Morris Born in Northern Ireland in January 1937. Brian’s mother died before his fifth birthday and he now cherishes the single photograph he has of her which he keeps safe in his berth.  His father was in the army so he saw little of him after his mother...
Margaret Hill (Nee Simpson) W.I.S.E.

Margaret Hill (Nee Simpson) W.I.S.E.

by | Jan 23, 2025 | GGAF

Margaret Hill (Nee Simpson) – Born 1942   Margaret Simpson was born in the Cathedral City of Lichfield Staffordshire Margaret’s father was an aircraft planner and her mother a happy housewife. Margaret had a brother Jimmy who died from a chest illness...
Mohammed Abass Hassan W.I.S.E.

Mohammed Abass Hassan W.I.S.E.

by | Jan 23, 2025 | GGAF

Mohammed Abass Hassan Born in 1935 Mohammed Abass is a proud Afar. He was once a nomad but now due to age is necessarily settled in his small village near Lac Abbe. He has survived an extremely harsh life which due to climate and geological change has become even...