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30th. Year, MMXVI Founde d Pe nrith, 1st. Dec. 1986. Issue No. 804 Brougham HallHall NewsNews B.H.C.T. PATRON - The Rt. Hon. LORD August 2016 BROUGHAM AND VAUX, C.B.E.. 1986 ±≤ Thirty Years ≤± 2016 OF BROUGHAM HALL N E W S AFTER A YEAR’S ILLNESS, Bravely Borne, Mr. Chris- HALL LOSES A topher Terry , the saviour and owner CHAMPION of Brougham Hall — and for 31 years a true heritage cham- AT 77 pion — passed away on the evening of Christopher Terry Tuesday, 9th. Au- R.I.P., 1938-2016 gust, aged 77. He “passed away quietly this evening”, Julia Churchill, the Brougham Hall Charitable Trust ’s secretary, said. Full Story: Page 364 u —————————— CHRISTOPHER TERRY: Pictorial A Fond Commemoration Farewell - Pages 358 to 363 to The Man who was Brougham B.H.C.T. Images. Hall Brougham Hall News August 2016 Also in This Edition ... ... ... Issue 804 Page 357 Hall Team Anniversary ;; Rio Glory ;; Euro -Cash Hopes CHRISTOPHER TERRY — 1938-2016 Unit Nine , [Café], 12th. May, ’92. V. E. Day, 8 May ’45 ‘Showing Them Young’!?, 13th. July, ’92. With Syd. Walker, loses a Fireplace in U nit Nine , [Café]; 5th. Aug., ’92. Assisting Lee Barry near the Courtyard Well on 21 Aug, ’89. [Hidden Floor Tiles] Christopher and his two sons on the Shakespeare Weekend, 14 July, ’13. Brougham Hall News 804 - August 2016 - Page 358 - [email protected] A PICTORIAL COMMEMORATION With the Glasgow Games Baton, aboard R.M.S. St. Helena ; Feb. ’14 Chatting with Pele Tower Survey Showing off Mark Dig Team Thomas’ Hall &. High Head Castle Aug, ’87. Book, 16 July ’92. “Long John” On Inauguration C. T. Day of Brougham on 29 Hall Restoration July Project, 30th May, ’14 ’86. [Fred Wilson &. Herald Photo.] With Thomas Arkle in “Pantries” ( Unit Eight ), Dec’r., ’89. Brougham Hall News 804 - August 2016 - Page 359 - [email protected] CHRISTOPHER TERRY — 1938-2016 ‘Centre-Stage’, Fitting of Sanctuary Door-Knocker, 5th. March, ’93. At The “Roman Road” Dig on the B.6262., Lowtherbridge, 7 Nov., ’92 There for Roof Assembly work on Unit Nine [Café], 18th. March, ’93. With Lord [Michael] Brougham &. Vaux, CBE., Unit 9 ; August, 1993. Pele Tower; June 1995. Apart from Family and the Hall, one of Christopher’s greatest loves was A LOVE OF Cricket. He was, however, unable to meet Brian Lara at Penrith on 10th. May, 1996 … … but then Hall News ’ THE GAME editor Alistair Aynscough was there. Brougham Hall News 804 - August 2016 - Page 360 - [email protected] A PICTORIAL COMMEMORATION Christopher with Ian Burgham, a Canadian relative of the Brougham Family, 15 Aug., 1996. Christopher Terry Building-Up, Heat- ing-Up, on U nit 12 as a Memorable Summer Gets Going; August, 1995. Placing the Window Lintel of Unit 12 on 21 June, 1996. “NOW Who’s The Boss? … !” Christopher and his son Jonathan at work — and play — in the “B.1.” Room ( Unit 11 ); 18 August, 1996. More in Hall News 805 Next Month - and Over Pa ge! Brougham Hall News 804 - August 2016 - Page 361 - [email protected] CHRISTOPHER TERRY — 1938-2016 Fingers Crossed! — Christopher Terry greets National Lottery Heritage F und executives on 13 March, 1997. Christopher Terry with ‘sports art- ist’ Ashley Boon, ahead of Ashley’s Hall exhibition &. sale; 27 Oct, ’96. “Look Through [Not Just] Any Win- dow”, ( Unit 12 ); 27 September, ’97. Assembling the North Window of “Elevenses” was staged in October ’97 Unit Ten on 8th. July, 1999. for Hall New s ’ 11th. Anniversary. Brougham Hall News 804 - August 2016 - Page 362 - [email protected] A PICTORIAL COMMEMORATION Using his Car as both shelter and Helping Clear Unit Ten ; Sept’r., ’98 — draughtsman’s table; 19 Dec., ’97. a rather less-tidy photo gra phic subject?! Christopher is working again alongside the Hall builder Syd Walker — a legacy of his for mer business Beacon Build- ers — on Unit 10 in June ’98. ‘New Model..?’ To The Next Generation … (and New Car!) 11th. April, ’99. Helping Syd. in Stables Courtyard Jonathan Terry (and Peter Braithwaite) (one of Syd.’s last jobs); 1 May ’99. at Unit Nine on 18th. October, 1997. Brougham Hall News 804 - August 2016 - Page 363 - [email protected] Hall’s ‘footprint’, and demolishing what little remained. To Jonathan, Jim, and all other Homes were built south of the Hall in the late-1980’s. and 1990’s., but these were of a higher standard than had members of the Family of reportedly been proposed earlier . That problem resolved, Mr . Terry over saw the r econstruction of a sizeable part of CHRISTOPHER TERRY ... the Hall , especially the former Stables, Kitchen and ser - vants’ accommodation areas, setting up the cherished Crafts Centre and other units to promote and preserve tr aditional crafts, and provide valuable training for a wide range of students and w ork trainees. Most of all , he was never afr aid to get his hands dirty , as many photos in this edition pr ove. Mr . Terry was first admitted to hospital a year or so ago, and remained there for tests for a number of days. He was discharged from hospital to convalesce at his bel oved Hi gh Head Castle home, near Ivegill, Carlisle. Things l ooked positive. He wrote in the year -ending Annual Report for the Hall Trus t : “The Founder Trustee, Christopher Terry, w oul d like to thank the Brougham Com- munity , friends and family, for the unconditional kindness and support that he has received since being diagnosed with widespread cancer in August 2015. The therapy i s 50%. complete, and doctors are cauti ously opti mistic. … Advice to fellow sufferer s - remain positive, keep busy , keep focused. While cancer can be tr agic, as was the case with John Cot- tam and Lisa Gardiner , it can al so be a tremendous spur to getting things done while there is still time.” Mr . Terry was back at Brougham Hall within a few From Alistair Aynscough, week s, and, indeed, things were certainly being done in Au- Editor of Brougham Hall News . gust last year , the very month he w as confirmed as having hi s illness. His sons, Jonathan [Jono.] and Ji m were busy preparing the Pele Tower for its comprehensive “demolition-and-rebuil d” restoration, and making a start on Death of Christopher Terry. a new flooring for the Mansion r ooms that flank the West Terrace: they were recorded in these tasks when Hall News ’ 22nd. December, 1938 - 9th. August, 2016. editor Alistair Aynscough visited on Fri day , 21st. August, —————————————————————————————————————————- — Cont. from Front Page (357). during one of his foray s into Cumbria from his home in Fife. Into the Winter , and Christopher Terry was certainly FTER A LONG ILLNESS, whi ch had been living up to that i nspirational ‘remain positive, keep busy, A diagnosed around a y ear ago, Christopher keep focused’ mantra. He made hi s regular trips to his office Terry , the saviour and owner of Brougham Hall - and above the Treasury Gate at Brougham Hall , and certainly for almost 31 years a true unsung charity champion, as kept himself busy on Hall Trus t business. an awards panel including the Lords Deedes and Putt- Then there was the next great challenge; to keep things nam called him back in 2003 - died on the evening of at the Hall on a steady keel — even when the infamous Tuesday, 9th. August, at the age of 77 years. storm Desm ond struck in early -December . Mr. Terry over- “Evening Alistair, sorry it’s late”, Julia Churchill, saw the second great “Bri dge Crisis” of his Brougham Hall career - or the third if you include the fall of the old Lang- Hall Trust secretary, wrote to Hall News via e-Mail wathby Bri dge, in March 1968, which l ed to the diver sion within an hour or so of this great loss; “I wanted to let that led to hi m and his new , first wife, Janet, coming acr oss you know that C.T. passed away quietly this evening. Brougham Hall in the first place. Sorry to be the bearer of sad news. Best Wishes, Julia.” He certainly kept himself busy over the next few week s, On Tuesday, 16th., Katy, Charlie, Jono., and Jim going out to record the damage and repairs to Eamont and Terry also wrote: “ Dear Friends, We regret to bring you Ol d Brougham Bridges, and, very kindly, sharing the images this news… It is with great sadness we write to let you with Hall News — and al so sharing his views with Cumbria know that Christopher Terry passed away on the County Council about the Bri dges and the pr oblematic and dangerous diversions past the Hall . evening of Tuesday, 9th. August, at the age of 77. In March, he w as able to host the Cumbria Tourism “Dad had been diagnosed with terminal prostate Week extravaganza, play host to “Windsor of The North” cancer which had metastasized into his bones. He put author (and Hall Trustee ) Ben Furnival at High Head Cas- up a strong fight with the help of radio- and chemo- tle, and visit Ben at hi s own place, Ayton Castle, where Ben therapy, but after a year of treatment he weakened and i s Factor, before returning to the Hall and mounting an ex- fell susceptible to an infection which pulled him away hibition for the Hall Trust in Unit Six in time for Easter . from us to an abrupt end. He was many things to many It was then, on Easter Monday , 28th.