RIP - Dave Tedham…

[Steve kay]

   

   

   

                                                                                         
The service at the Crematorium outside Stourport yesterday really did feel like a celebration of Dave Tedham.  He was a universally liked man, not just well known and respected in the Seven world but as a teacher, a painter, a story teller and even a rather respectable role as the president of a tennis club. Of the fifty or so of us in attendance, one might imagine that at least half had bought or sold Sevens from Dave. Whilst he liked to haggle and deal with prices, when it came to lending, giving or swapping tools, vital or necessary parts he could not have been more generous. The pictures of his competition career, the ACME gang and similar period events was made poignant by the presence of a number of the original people, many good stories were told afterwards in the golf club. A certain band lead the hearse to the side of the crematorium, and then played out the congregation. And whether it is a christening, a wedding, a bar mitzvah or a funeral, bonnets will have to be open and spanners in use in the car park.

[Terry McGrath]

I was honoured to be able to supply my Eureka Jazz Band to lead the cortege (employing 3 Austin 7 owners) and to give a tribute at the lectern for one of my oldest and fondest friends. He will be missed by many.

[Albert S]

Oddly enough I attended the funeral of Stuart Renshaw at the same Stourport / Kidderminster crematorium at 3-30pm the same day as Dave’s funeral.
Stuart introduced me to Sevens and Dave many years ago, he later went onto Invictas. I believe they knew each other as friends and colleagues Stuart holding a senior post at Stourbridge College of Art,sadly they lost touch over the years.
No doubt now enjoying a Guinness and reminiscing over old times.
Rest in Peace Both.

[Ruairidh Dunford]

That’s quite a coincidence, Albert!

We watched, on line, from Glasgow. You could hear Terry’s band arriving for some minutes before they appeared on the screen, which was wonderful. I’ve never seen a sousaphone in the second row of a funeral congregation, it was superb!

Dave’s coffin was purple, Terry’s stories brilliant and Tamsin’s tribute to her father, sublime.

Very fitting, he would have loved it!