12-06-2023, 08:17 AM
This week I've heard the very sad news that Stuart Rolt has died.
Personally I'm not in touch with his family, so if anyone is able to furnish more details or knows something about the funeral arrangements I (and other friends) would be pleased to hear from you.
I'm scarcely qualified to write an obituary; all I can say is that I first met Stuart in the early 1980's, when he built the pressure-fed engine which is still in my Nippy. In more recent years I spent many an hour perched on a stool in his workshop debating technical issues or simply enjoying a morsel from Stuart's vast pantry of anecdotes.
Stuart had a wealth of knowledge and a lively mind. Where others might say "oh, don't do that" Stuart would throw in an alternative idea, and another, and another, always contributing something positive to a discussion and leaving you something to think about. A visit was often followed by a 'phone call a few hours later, as he'd been chewing over ideas while I was driving home. A gentle and intelligent man, and a dear friend.
Personally I'm not in touch with his family, so if anyone is able to furnish more details or knows something about the funeral arrangements I (and other friends) would be pleased to hear from you.
I'm scarcely qualified to write an obituary; all I can say is that I first met Stuart in the early 1980's, when he built the pressure-fed engine which is still in my Nippy. In more recent years I spent many an hour perched on a stool in his workshop debating technical issues or simply enjoying a morsel from Stuart's vast pantry of anecdotes.
Stuart had a wealth of knowledge and a lively mind. Where others might say "oh, don't do that" Stuart would throw in an alternative idea, and another, and another, always contributing something positive to a discussion and leaving you something to think about. A visit was often followed by a 'phone call a few hours later, as he'd been chewing over ideas while I was driving home. A gentle and intelligent man, and a dear friend.