Laurie Burton
Here was a man we’ll never know
Here was a man – and clever
Kept his life about him so
No one knew him ever
Here was a man who’d not let go
He found a need and hunted high and low
Here was a man who’d not let go
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He saw the wrong – the status quo
He found a way – did nothing for the show
He made them change the status quo
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Their fictions failed – he told them No
He marshalled fact long row on row on row
He said: Listen! – Wouldn’t take No
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Yet all who thought they knew him know
He lived and worked – the seeds were his to sow
As those who thought they knew him know
Here was a man we’ll never know
Here was a man – and clever
Kept his life about him so
No one knew him ever
Nor will forget him - never
CPR April 2011
Of Australian origin
Laurie was a man who did not suffer fools gladly
He functioned on logic
He determinedly set out to achieve whatever things he saw as necessary
laying out the facts and refusing to accept fictions presented by 'authorities'
He worked right up to the day of his death
He was instrumental in many community improvements in Knutsford
and will be sadly missed as 'a good friend' by many people who knew him
Others will heave a sigh of relief
thinking that his friends will not continue his valuable work
They would be wrong
His funeral was
according to his stated reasoning
Humanitarian
Presented as
A Celebration of Laurie's Life,
it was attended by many of his good friends
and others in the community in which he lived
Laurie was given a good send off and now rests in
Tabley Hill Cemetery
which is a wild and beautiful place of waving grasses
surrounding trees and country views
If you have comments on Laurie, please set them out here. Moderation will be quick. Thanks. Charlotte
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