Gerry Alcock
We're sorry to report the passing of Gerry Alcock, the webmaster of the Chipping Norton website (at www.chippingnorton.net ).
Gerry was a good friend to the Charlbury website and the two sites always enjoyed friendly relations. Gerry put vast amounts of time into the Chipping Norton site, which was often entertaining and controversial and reflected both his personality and the argumentative nature of town politics (he was until recently a Town Councillor and instrumental in the Chippy First group). The site's always lively forum made our users look like a bunch of shrinking violets, and indeed Gerry on occasion said he was amazed how civil we all were!
In recent weeks Gerry was quoted several times in the national press, holding forth on the 'Chipping Norton set': "It's a terrible shame that these spivs have brought the town's name into disrepute."
The area is a poorer place for his passing and he'll be greatly missed.
Richard Fairhurst · Tue 2 Aug 2011, 19:15 · Link