BRUCE SANDOW R.I.P.
As Chamber President it is beholden to me to bring you the very sad news of the death of
Simon “Bruce” Sandow
Died on the night of 22nd April 2012 aged 65
Bruce was a Member of Hayle & District Chamber of Commerce for forty years and held every officer’s post including President. We offer our most heartfelt sympathies to his family.
It is of particular sorrow to me as, without Bruce, our company Sterling Rail Link wouldn’t have been its present success and still growing. A man you would trust completely on a firm handshake and a friend who would find something positive out of any bad news. Up to this year he owned and drove two Fowler Steam Rollers which chugged and puffed their way to many steam shows! It was this love of steam which dedicated him to Sterling’s dream of returning “Steam to St Ives” with our work on the St Ives Branch Line. You could never second guess Bruce except for one reply he made to anything with a price on it – “How much?!”
Even as he grew more ill with cancer he came to meetings as much as possible and took his role as a Member very seriously. As a Hayle boy and a Hayle businessman he reckoned the only way to make some difference to the Town was to join the Chamber. He would sit at the meetings quietly listening until another’s procrastinations got the better of him! He was a big fellow with a big voice, proud of Hayle, and shall we say ‘straightforward’ in responding to Chamber detractors!
He was a widower, leaving behind son David and daughter Kim each with two children. His two brothers Paul and Patrick survive him. The funeral arrangements are unknown to me yet but the Chamber will be informed as soon as possible. Your prayers and thought for his family please.
Jeremy Joslin