Was saddened to hear of the sudden news of John's Passing and our sincere condolences to John's family. Have good memories of meeting John at Trade shows and after the show, where I got to hear a few of the non PC jokes.. at the Factory.
Sorry we couldn't make it to the funeral. RIP John..
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Fond memories of our old dancing days in Fleet with John & Jonny and on social occasions since. John was great company and Jan & I send our deepest sympathies to Jonny & family at this sad time.
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What a super guy John was.. very very fond memories of our dancing years. He was good fun and everyone enjoyed his company. Such a sad loss x
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Ah, John.
I’ll always remember his cheerfulness, crap one-liners that somehow always made you smile, seemingly infinite supply of worthless trivia that always somehow got you intrigued, a cool dad and an all round nice bloke.
You could call me a sycophant, or sick-of-Ant, as John would say.
He’d also say (when I was at his with James, growing up)
J: How tall are you now, Ant?
Me: I don’t know, maybe 6’1?
J: Jeez, I didn’t know they stacked shit that high!😂
He certainly made a joyful impact on me, as I know he did on many others. He also achieved a great deal in his life and has an amazing family to be immensely proud of - he leaves with no regrets and having had a great life.
Rest in peace, my friend. You did good and we’ll miss you
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1979, Probably Thames River
John 29, Me 2. One of many photos with John over the years, however this is probably the day John gave me the bug of boats and motors that still thrives today. To me John was my uncle, godfather, friend and one of my mentor.s No words can articulate the loss of John.
— with
John Clements
and
Chris Eyles
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Shocked to hear of your sad loss. Always enjoyed our meetings at Trade Shows and STA. Wanted to come to funeral but John has had the last laugh and arranged it for my birthday!
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I was stunned when I read of John's death. Although we hadn't seen each other for many years we became friends again through Facebook and it was lovely to be back in touch again. My heartfelt condolences go to his wife and family, and to his sister Mary and her husband Trevor. Fond memories remain in my heart of days gone by. Love & hugs to you all xx
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2005, Bretby, Burton-on-Trent, UK
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When I first started work, as a fresh faced teenager, John was “the enemy”. He had previously worked for Analysis Automation, the company I started working for, but he had left and set up Signal in direct competition.
Although I occasionally saw him at trade shows the first time I got to know him properly was when I went for a job interview at Signal. I found him to be very different to the impression I had gained of him as “the enemy”. My abiding memory of that interview was driving round Camberley in an open top car laughing - a lot.
To be honest I don’t remember the interview being much of an interview, it was more like a good old chinwag! This pretty much set the tone for every time I met John thereafter, continuing when I left the industry and became a photographer.
Even after he retired, he would make a point of coming into the office if he knew I was coming in, so that we could set the world to rights.
In John, life has lost one of its characters, although I am sure that, whatever happens afterwards, John will be there waving the British flag, and putting it all right.
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Sorry to hear the news of Johns passing.
I joined his new founded company in 1980 straight after leaving school and still work at Signal Group 42 years later.
Funny thing is I wasn't even looking for a job at the time, a friend of mine recommended me to him and one afternoon I received a call from him offering me an interview!
He was my mentor for a very long time and taught me many of life's do's and don'ts, quite often in a very non PC way by modern standards ;-)
He was very black and white about things which made things pretty easy to understand being a naïve teenager, sometime to my detriment.
My Triumph Spitfire was never the same after he took it for a spin !!!!
Will miss him immensely, rest in peace Boss
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