Malcolm Roper

pdeee · Post by **pdeee** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:19 am

This morning I received a phone call from Malcolmâ€™s daughter to tell me her father had died last night. Many of you will not have heard of Malcolm Roper, he approached me soon after S&C 1930 was released, sending me timetables, engine loadings and other information on the S&C. He also offered to assist me if I wished to continue development of the route, by providing any buildings that I required.
From then on it became â€œourâ€

duncharris · Post by **duncharris** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:37 am

Sorry to hear about that Pat. My grandfather died recently so I guess I can understand what his family are going through. Perhaps the Skipton extension ought to be dedicated to his memory, and a more permanent memorial set up linked from the UKTS front page.

Post by **martinhodgson** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:46 am

My condolences to his family and friends

pdeee · Post by **pdeee** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:47 am

duncharris wrote:Sorry to hear about that Pat. My grandfather died recently so I guess I can understand what his family are going through. Perhaps the Skipton extension ought to be dedicated to his memory, and a more permanent memorial set up linked from the UKTS front page.

The route will be dedcated to Malcolm, just sorry he did not see what will be the final version.

Pat.

sp762 · Post by **sp762** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:59 am

Also sorry to hear this news Pat. I had a few emails from Malcolm last year when he was learning tsm.

Very sad when talented people pass away.

Mike

Goingnorth · Post by **Goingnorth** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:14 am

Very sad. My condolences to his family and friends.

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:35 am

Please pass on my condolences to Malcolm's family. It was only 2 weeks ago that Malcolm sent me some modified signs for my route, plus a bridge. I'll miss him terribly.

Here is a picture of happier times. Martin Heywood, Pat and Malcolm at the Beaconsfield show with me lurking in the background.

http://www.uktrainsim.com/images/beacon ... 3823092421

johny · Post by **johny** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:41 am

Pat,

Sorry to hear the news. My condolences to Malcom's family.

John

johndibben · Post by **johndibben** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:11 pm

Pat

My condolences .... there's a number of members who havn't enjoyed the best of health and got much pleasure from MSTS in one way or another and it's sad to hear of the loss of one such person.

We all have our ups and downs but a common interest brings us back together again.

Best regards

John

johnwallwork · Post by **johnwallwork** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 11:29 pm

I never met Malcolm in person, but used to chat with him every night on MSN Messenger until very recently on all things railways and his other passions aircraft/radio communications. It's thanks to Malcolm my TSM skills improved with every model I built.

A real mate who I will miss so much.

gopher · Post by **gopher** » Sun Mar 16, 2003 11:46 pm

Pat

My condolences to Malcolms family. The route will be a fitting tribute to him.

Gordon

alan2 · Post by **alan2** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:28 am

I never actually met Malcolm, I have seen his good Work.

Also have heard very good thing's about him, Already forwarded my sorrow about his unfortunate passing away.

I agree that Skipton Should be Dedicated to Malcolm.

Hymek · Post by **Hymek** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 7:48 am

The same applies to me

I have lost quite a few close relatives and i know how hard it is on his family, My condolences to his family, and i think its nice that you have dedicated this route is dedicated to him

ThinLizzy · Post by **ThinLizzy** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:43 am

I have seen Settle and Carlise 1930's version, so i understand the work that went into it. Perhaps a memorial of some kind could be added to the new route, like Tim Court added a small cross at Hatfield platform.
I used to like the WWF {now the WWE}. When one of the wresterlers was killed during a show, the wwf dedicated a computer game to his memory {Owen Hart, part of the Hart family. Whilst the game was loading, a simple picture would come up on the screen with him smiling, his national flag and a couple of lines about him. Perhaps something like this could be added to the new route?

Fodda · Post by **Fodda** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:32 pm

A sad loss to the community. My commiserations also to friends and family alike.