http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/1782-former-mayor-of-greenwich-dies/ Greenwich news and information Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.greenwich.co.uk/news/1782-former-mayor-of-greenwich-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-7427 Mary Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:09:53 +0000 http://www.greenwich.co.uk/?p=1782#comment-7427 I wanted to say something, personally, about Gurdip, who was a friend. We were never on the Council at the same time, so I couldn't talk about that. But I think that he did a great job in acting as a bridgehead for the Sikh community while working hard for everyone else at the same time. I too arrived in Greenwich in the late 1960s - and met Gurdip and Surinder then. They were always very hospitable and my memory tends to be a blur of late nights and hot curries - one of their parties even made it on to national TV - but those occasions were all to flag landmarks like the opening of the Sikh temple/community centre in Calderwood Street. Gurdip was a quiet, soft spoken man (with a measure of never-mentioned disability) but the task he undertook, on behalf of all our communities, was enormous - and we have a lot to thank him for. I wanted to say something, personally, about Gurdip, who was a friend. We were never on the Council at the same time, so I couldn’t talk about that. But I think that he did a great job in acting as a bridgehead for the Sikh community while working hard for everyone else at the same time. I too arrived in Greenwich in the late 1960s – and met Gurdip and Surinder then. They were always very hospitable and my memory tends to be a blur of late nights and hot curries – one of their parties even made it on to national TV – but those occasions were all to flag landmarks like the opening of the Sikh temple/community centre in Calderwood Street. Gurdip was a quiet, soft spoken man (with a measure of never-mentioned disability) but the task he undertook, on behalf of all our communities, was enormous – and we have a lot to thank him for.

]]>