Goodbye(s) to Lloyd

Subscribers to our mailing list will be aware that our long-time colleague & friend Lloyd Cohen passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the end of August.

Lloyd was heavily involved in the development of the Bristol Wireless network when it evolved from a purely local area project around Easton to a city-wide infrastructure when the backbone was constructed and was instrumental in the management of the network.

As yet there is no news of when Lloyd’s funeral will be held: the police are trying to trace and contact Lloyd’s next of kin on this matter (so far to no avail. Ed.), as are Lloyd’s good friends Pippa and Nick.

Pippa is also trying to raise funds for a proper send-off for Lloyd in due course, in addition to which there was a general feeling in Bristol Wireless that we should give our old mate our own send-off. In this spirit, Sean Kenny and Lu Battley posted to the Bristol Wireless mailing list today, writing:

… some of us in Bristol Wireless feel we want to meet and spend some time commemorating his brief life and think of ways to help to organise this do. If you knew Lloyd through BW or worked with him you’re welcome to come along to the Duke Of York (map here) this Sunday at 4pm to join us.

When she dropped into the lab the other day, Pippa told us that the Chelsea Inn in Easton (map here) would be having a Lloyd commemoration on 25th September.

Finally, Pippa has set up a page on Facebook in memory of Lloyd. Those of you with Facebook accounts may like to express your thoughts there.

RIP Lloyd, we’ll miss you.