I started working in the UK at KHH in August 1989 over 31 years ago, on my arrival one of the nicest persons I met was Paul.
He came across as a warm friendly person, an intelligent, truly professional, hard worker and accompanied with all those attributes he also had a wicked, dry sense of humour.
We enjoyed laughing at all the innocent quips and observations that Paul made, often about the staff walking around the site, but unfortunately too controversial to share on this forum. But it was Paul’s humour that got us though those early days which were quite stressful.
I also remember in the early summer, we spent a lot of time on the Tennis court at KHH. Back then, we probably used the court more than the patients did
.
However one of the most memorable and enjoyable occasions was the time Paul invited John and I, as his ‘Guinea Pigs’, to his house for a Russian Christmas dinner on Halloween night. There was cabbage soup followed by goose stuffed with black pudding and apple however the only one to get a fright that night was the goose as he thought he had 2 more months to live!
Paul loved trying out new recipes and particularly old fashioned ones, he also loved the opera and it was Paul that first introduced me to this genre of music by giving me a Puccini record and ever since I have loved this music.
Unfortunately our work commitments took us all in opposite directions and Paul ended up ‘chewing leeks and faggots’ at the other side of the country, but John and I would occasionally see him on our sites when he did reviews so we could briefly catch up and ironically just a couple of months ago our son John came home from the Chimneys and said he had met Paul who regaled him with stories about our exploits at KHH and we were delighted he got the chance to meet Paul.
We will truly miss Paul and even though we haven’t recently seen him, he is one of the nicest people you would want to meet, a true gentleman and professional and he will remain in our hearts for a long time. RIP Paul.
Rosario & John
I started working in the UK at KHH in August 1989 over 31 years ago, on my arrival one of the nicest persons I met was Paul.
He came across as a warm friendly person, an intelligent, truly professional, hard worker and accompanied with all those attributes he also had a wicked, dry sense of humour.
We enjoyed laughing at all the innocent quips and observations that Paul made, often about the staff walking around the site, but unfortunately too controversial to share on this forum. But it was Paul’s humour that got us though those early days which were quite stressful.
I also remember in the early summer, we spent a lot of time on the Tennis court at KHH. Back then, we probably used the court more than the patients did
.
However one of the most memorable and enjoyable occasions was the time Paul invited John and I, as his ‘Guinea Pigs’, to his house for a Russian Christmas dinner on Halloween night. There was cabbage soup followed by goose stuffed with black pudding and apple however the only one to get a fright that night was the goose as he thought he had 2 more months to live!
Paul loved trying out new recipes and particularly old fashioned ones, he also loved the opera and it was Paul that first introduced me to this genre of music by giving me a Puccini record and ever since I have loved this music.
Unfortunately our work commitments took us all in opposite directions and Paul ended up ‘chewing leeks and faggots’ at the other side of the country, but John and I would occasionally see him on our sites when he did reviews so we could briefly catch up and ironically just a couple of months ago our son John came home from the Chimneys and said he had met Paul who regaled him with stories about our exploits at KHH and we were delighted he got the chance to meet Paul.
We will truly miss Paul and even though we haven’t recently seen him, he is one of the nicest people you would want to meet, a true gentleman and professional and he will remain in our hearts for a long time. RIP Paul.
Rosario & John
