The Old
Pocklingtonian
Obituaries
again at Pocklington some years ago; still the same
gentle, intelligent, curious, courteous man. How good
and useful a life he led. Requiescat in pace.”
a business with an ex-colleague. His travels for work
took him to the United States, Zimbabwe, France,
Portugal and elsewhere.
After Pocklington David went to Reading University
where he gained a degree in Psychology. He went
on to become a Principal Lecturer in speech therapy
at De Montfort University specialising in speech
and language pathology and medicine, in particular
stuttering and stammering. He became an authority
in this specialist area, chairing the 10th Oxford
Dysfluency Conference in 2014 and publishing
numerous research articles and books on the subject.
Recently retired, David moved to Croatia with his
Croatian partner, Suzana. They both came to the
Class of 1970 year group reunion at the OP Summer
Reunion in 2010. He died unexpectedly on 10 April
2015. He leaves two children, Darcy and Leila.
He was a keen rower while in London, and then
after taking up golf soon got his handicap down to
single figures. To everything he was involved with he
brought unusual energy and talent. He didn’t sit still.
Nor could he when retired, taking himself off to
Thailand around the turn of the century, where he
lived a colourful life for the rest of his days. He died
just two weeks after his 70th birthday which he had
celebrated with friends in his adopted home town
of Hua Hin on the coast of Thailand, south-east of
Bangkok. He was a popular guy as demonstrated
by the attendance at his funeral and wake in Hua
Hin, and show of support on Facebook. He was a
contributor to the Alternative Old Pocklingtonian and
one of its early supporters.
He leaves two daughters Emma and Pollyana (94-96).
David Thomas
Rowley (63-70)
Richard Edmund Sabin (56-62). Those who knew
Richard, whether as a well-loved character in the expat and Thai communities of Hua Hin, or as friends and
family in the UK (and via social media or email), will
be saddened to hear of his death aged 70. He will be
remembered fondly by many, but none more so than
by his two adored daughters Emma and Pollyanna. He
was loved and looked up to by his younger brother
J. C. Alec Sabin (56-65). He was a crazy, wonderful,
generous, funny, roguish, charming, exasperating, lovely
individual, who will be much missed.
Richard left school prematurely Y