20-12 2021 21:02
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Mark Vinnels (‘MV’) – A gifted man
I remember Mark when he had hair; a full head of hair (well almost). We were fellow students on Mechanical Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Nottingham City University.
(Known to us as ‘Mech Eng., BEng @ Trent Poly’).
We were part of ‘Group E’ a seminar group made up of all the Surnames at the end of the alphabet.
To myself, our seminar group and pretty much the rest of the course Mark was ‘MV’.
He was always gifted, a natural engineer, taking in the science behind the course with ease, but more importantly he knew when something was right and when something was shite not right.
He excelled at whatever he did on that course, but always had time to help others. I remember his smile as he would enter the common room, sling his satchel under one of the tables, grab a coffee and then come back to the table and say ‘alright’ in his Norfolk accent and sit down for a chat. We all liked him.
‘MV’ was passionate, talented and sometimes flamboyant who was destined to succeed and he did. Somehow though he always managed to be friendly and supportive of others as he went on his inevitable journey to Industry Executive. That was clear then and is also so clearly reflected in the tributes from others that have written about Mark.
I remember dancing with him in the Irish Centre in Nottingham on many an occasion; he led our seminar group on the dance floor Mark wearing pointed boots that only ‘MV’ and the eighties could get away with. He was the best dancer in our group (although I am not sure there was much competition). We followed ‘MV’s moves (sort of) and all was great in the world.
20-12 2021 21:02
wrote:
Mark Vinnels (‘MV’) – A gifted man
I remember Mark when he had hair; a full head of hair (well almost). We were fellow students on Mechanical Engineering; Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) at Nottingham City University.
(Known to us as ‘Mech Eng., BEng @ Trent Poly’).
We were part of ‘Group E’ a seminar group made up of all the Surnames at the end of the alphabet.
To myself, our seminar group and pretty much the rest of the course Mark was ‘MV’.
He was always gifted, a natural engineer, taking in the science behind the course with ease, but more importantly he knew when something was right and when something was shite not right.
He excelled at whatever he did on that course, but always had time to help others. I remember his smile as he would enter the common room, sling his satchel under one of the tables, grab a coffee and then come back to the table and say ‘alright’ in his Norfolk accent and sit down for a chat. We all liked him.
‘MV’ was passionate, talented and sometimes flamboyant who was destined to succeed and he did. Somehow though he always managed to be friendly and supportive of others as he went on his inevitable journey to Industry Executive. That was clear then and is also so clearly reflected in the tributes from others that have written about Mark.
I remember dancing with him in the Irish Centre in Nottingham on many an occasion; he led our seminar group on the dance floor Mark wearing pointed boots that only ‘MV’ and the eighties could get away with. He was the best dancer in our group (although I am not sure there was much competition). We followed ‘MV’s moves (sort of) and all was great in the world.
