TRIBUTE TO JOHN SLACK - FORMER BRIGG GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHER

FROM DAVID BRITTAIN, THE BRIGGENSIANS' ASSOCIATION

I bring the sad news that a former teacher at Brigg Grammar School, John Slack, has sadly died.
Members of a certain vintage will remember John as a Geography and Geology teacher, keen sportsman and Railway enthusiast.
John was here in the 1960s and 1970s before moving on with his wife Dot to St Neots near Cambridge. Sadly, John got MS but his strong determination to fight his condition saw him try numerous treatments, many experimental, to alleviate his condition; he was a real fighter.
John continued to teach Geology from his wheelchair, wrote several books one of which was advertised in the Briggensians' Newsletter last year. 
John contracted pneumonia and in his weakened state was unable to shake it off and sadly passed away but he would be proud of the fact that the MS didn't get him directly.
Funeral arrangements are: Monday, 3rd March, 12.45 at Cambridge Crematorium, CB3 0JJ.