John Silvester and Andrew Stephens were working on producing a robot to enter Robot Wars when Arthur walked into the workshop. The two quickly discovered they had met a kindred spirit and the team became three. Producing a robot can be a frustrating process and John and Andrew discovered that Arthur had an ability to see all problems and setbacks as blessings in disguise, an attribute that saved the project on more than one occasion.

He became the most enthusiastic contributor to our team. Nothing was impossible for this guy. He was the fastest machinist in the county.

His many hobbies included diving and skiing. You could not tell that he did not have any legs - except that he sometimes wore shorts!

Arthur had lost both legs as a result of a car accident (No it was not because of he was driving at his usual 90 plus mph) but was in fact stationary on the hard shoulder standing at the rear of his car when a following vehicle, driven illegally, at speed, along the hard shoulder, pinned his legs between the two vehicles.

You could not ignore this chap - he was a natural entertainer. He had driven himself to hospital for a routine heart check-up expecting to drive home shortly after. The angiogram showed up a serious problem and the hospital operated straight away but the operation went wrong and Arthur passed away in July 2002. He is greatly missed by all who knew him.


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