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Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 12:44
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Many of you here will know, or have heard, of Nigel Swift.
Sadly, Nigel passed away very peacefully last night, surrounded by the love and care of his family, following a long illness. His final weeks were full of laughter, surrounded by his family, and his final days at a wonderful hospice passed in tranquility and painlessness.
He was a vociferous participant on the Head Heritage forums, and was largely instrumental in the creation of the Heritage Action group, started back in 2004, and the Heritage Journal weblog which is still running to this day at http://heritageaction.wordpress.com
He will be much missed by his family and friends.
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (juamei)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (Jane)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (Moth)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (goffik)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (dee)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (thesweetcheat)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (Vybik Jon)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (ryaner)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (Rhiannon)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (texlahoma)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (drewbhoy)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (GLADMAN)
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP (spencer)
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juamei
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 13:58
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The quintessential tma troublemaker, you'll be missed Nigel. The twenty plus years of your life hammering against heritage theft, unfettered metal detecting, vandals etc etc are testament to your spirit. The humour and passion you did it with came for free. My favourite memory is telling me to be calm when approaching people climbing stones at Avebury in one minute then angrily yelling "oi, you can't climb that" two minutes later. Never shy in coming forward. Rock on mate.
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tjj
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Edited Feb 21, 2024, 07:54
Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 17:02
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Very sad news.
Fly high Mr. Swift and know that those few who didn't love or like you, always respected you.
tjj aka June
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Jane
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 17:35
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Nigel was a top bloke indeed, and I was proud to be able to count him as a friend.
He sometimes came to my exhibitions, and always called me "Blossom". He exuded righteous humanity, hated the Tories and loved butterflies.
Knowing he was dying, I wrote him a letter last week to tell him how much we loved him, and thank him for 20 years of friendship.
If you knew him, you were lucky.
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Moth
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 17:47
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Not a clue what to say. Despite not seeing Nigel often in recent years, I'll miss him horribly - even his very occasional out-of-the-blue demands for something (usually a photo) for Heritage Action!
Most of all, I'll miss his dry humour, self-proclaimed 'troublemaker' persona, wit (in its widest sense), intelligence, passion & his caring nature. He was a great friend & just generally a brilliant human being.
My contact with him since both he & I were regulars on TMA has mainly been through his alter-ego on Facebook, and we've more often talked about wildlife -especially lepidoptera (him) & birds (me) than stones. I'm really kicking myself that I never managed to make the detour to see him when I was visiting the Wyre Forest in his neck-of-the-woods over the last few years.
Just knowing he existed made me happy - and will continue to do so.
Good job there's no heaven - he'd only be causing trouble!
Love
Moth
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harestonesdown
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 20:44
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R.I.P fellow stonehead.
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goffik
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 20, 2024, 22:40
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Absolutely gutted.
Obviously we can't live forever, but sometimes you just feel like some people will. Nigel was one of those.
I never had a dull moment in his presence.
I'm pissed off that we didn't do a Megameet last year, but then again there's a strong chance he wouldn't have made it anyway.
Damn, he'll be missed.
G x
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dee
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 21, 2024, 11:58
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Awful news, RIP Nigel
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 22, 2024, 17:32
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Ah, what rubbish news. As well as stone-related things I was always in agreement with his views on fox hunting. A sad loss.
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Vybik Jon
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Re: Nigel Swift, RIP
Feb 22, 2024, 21:26
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Thanks Nigel, for all of it.
We'll keep the red flag flying high.
x
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