Mike Biggs
04-05 2022 18:49
wrote:
I remember that we arrived in Sharjah at about the same time as you guys and first met Steve at a ‘wet’ Christmas party in 1982. That must have been before Sharjah banned Christmas and alcohol! I’m sure it was Steve who first told me about the no licence required ‘hole in the wall’ in Umm Al Quwain. He was a man who would freely share important information such as this!
Life was good and social in those early days of being an expat. Steve and Eileen you both embraced this fully and it was always a pleasure to ‘bump into’ you. On occasions we would bump into Steve at the Chinese on Ajman beach where, on a Friday, we may have been there for a meal and a drink of their famous ‘tea’ ummm. Steve would be popping in for a takeaway after a day on the beach.
Food or a party were constant themes in those chance meetings with the other constant being that it was always a pleasure to see Steve: to enjoy his warm personality and good nature. Steve was a social, friendly and welcoming conversationalist. He had a good sense of humour and fun where his face and eyes would light up and fall into that Hutch smile.
Steve was an easy person to talk to: interesting and genuinely interested in you and what you had to say.
Steve was one of the first people we met socially in Sharjah and it was Steve and Eileen treating us to a meal in Carters, who were the last people we saw when leaving Dubai in 2011.
We will remember Steve as someone who was a perfect compliment to Eileen. He was generous of spirit, interesting and interested. Someone who could make you feel special and who was special himself. Someone who will live on in our hearts through the memories that he created by being Steve.
Thank you for being part of our lives, Steve.
Mike and Lynda
Mike Biggs
04-05 2022 18:49
wrote:
I remember that we arrived in Sharjah at about the same time as you guys and first met Steve at a ‘wet’ Christmas party in 1982. That must have been before Sharjah banned Christmas and alcohol! I’m sure it was Steve who first told me about the no licence required ‘hole in the wall’ in Umm Al Quwain. He was a man who would freely share important information such as this!
Life was good and social in those early days of being an expat. Steve and Eileen you both embraced this fully and it was always a pleasure to ‘bump into’ you. On occasions we would bump into Steve at the Chinese on Ajman beach where, on a Friday, we may have been there for a meal and a drink of their famous ‘tea’ ummm. Steve would be popping in for a takeaway after a day on the beach.
Food or a party were constant themes in those chance meetings with the other constant being that it was always a pleasure to see Steve: to enjoy his warm personality and good nature. Steve was a social, friendly and welcoming conversationalist. He had a good sense of humour and fun where his face and eyes would light up and fall into that Hutch smile.
Steve was an easy person to talk to: interesting and genuinely interested in you and what you had to say.
Steve was one of the first people we met socially in Sharjah and it was Steve and Eileen treating us to a meal in Carters, who were the last people we saw when leaving Dubai in 2011.
We will remember Steve as someone who was a perfect compliment to Eileen. He was generous of spirit, interesting and interested. Someone who could make you feel special and who was special himself. Someone who will live on in our hearts through the memories that he created by being Steve.
Thank you for being part of our lives, Steve.
Mike and Lynda
