A special Wainwright Gathering
A glittering array of Wainwright luminaries
This select gathering of notable people in the Wainwright world enjoyed a very special evening sharing memories of the great man.
Wainwright was actually a kind, caring man, not the jack-the-lad that appears in Pennine Way.
Eric Robson
One reason AW has an image of being a curmudgeonly old duffer is we didn't get to him sooner!
Richard Else
The Guest List
Photo by Steve Barber who photographed Wainwright for the original Wainwright Coast to Coast TV series.
BACK ROW
(from the left)
Andrew Nichol, Wainwright associate while Manager of General Printing & Book Publishing at The Westmorland Gazette, Kendal
David Rigg, former Titus Wilson managing director;
Paul Duff, son of Percy, a former colleague of Wainwright at Kendal Borough Council treasurer's department;
Bob Swallow, Wainwright's friend and a member of the Blunderers walking group, of which Betty Wainwright was honorary president;
Richard Else, the TV producer who made the award-winning BBC Wainwright films;
Clive Hutchby, the journalist who revised the third edition of Wainwright's Pictorial Guide;
Eric Robson, Wainwright TV series presenter and Wainwright Society chairman;
Andy Beck, artist and photographer whose work includes the award-winning The Wainwrights in Colour;
Graham Wilkinson, a writer whose work includes Wainwright related magazine articles
MIDDLE ROW
Helen Richards, wife of Mark and Wainwright family friend;
Kay Duff, wife of Paul;
Mark Richards, artist, writer and Wainwright protege;
John Manning, Lakeland Walker editor;
Chris Jesty, the cartographer who revised the second edition of the Pictorial Guide;
Esther Beck, wife of Andy
FRONT ROW
David Powell-Thompson, Lakeland mountain guide and film safety consultant;
Terry Abraham, a filmmaker whose work includes the Life of a Mountain film trilogy;
Sandra and Mike Duff, brother of Paul;
Priscilla Butterfield, co-event organiser and wife of Chris
Chris Butterfield, co-event organiser, Wainwright archivist and founder of the Alfred Wainwright Books & Memorabilia group