Philip Dowling

[haggis]

I have just read that Philip Dowling passed away this week. A lovely man who ran the Black Prince boatyard at Acton Bridge before he and Margaret retired to live on their boat.  Here is his sons post from FB

 

 

[Cheshire cat]

A really down to earth guy. Younger than I thought. Maybe I need to look in the mirror more often.

[cuthound]

RIP Phil, a true gentleman who.with his wife Margaret often went well beyond the call of duty to help out the Ownerships boat sharers based at Acton Bridge.

[ditchcrawler]

I have just realised who this gent was and where he lived, I have only spoken to him in passing.

[PeterScott]

 

Sad news. - Phil applying heat to the swan's neck to repair an argument with a gatepaddle-box. Acton Bridge T&M 2004

 

And James Henry at the moorings August2020