Bill Measure

BILL’S FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Bill’s funeral will be at 2.30 p.m. on Friday November 20^th in the Chapel at the City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road, London, E12 5DG.  Buses 19 and 101 stop near the entrance and the Cemetery is 10 minutes’ walk from Manor Park British Rail Station.

The cortege will leave 90 Richmond Road at 2 p.m.

He will have a woodland burial, without a gravestone, where we purchased a joint plot.

Bill did not want people to wear black at his funeral.

No flowers, please, but please give to the Cats’ Protection League.    You can send me a cheque or go to ‘Maureen’s page’ at justgiving.com or donate after the funeral.

Please let me know if you wish to make a tribute to Bill.

His wake is going to be at the Heathcote Arms, 344 Grove Green Road, Leytonstone, E11  4EA.   Parking should be easy as people will be at work

Please let me know if you are coming so that I can order enough catering.

Sadly, Maureen.

020-8558-5491

measure@btinternet.com

It is very sad to announce that Bill Measure died of a heart attack yesterday (Friday 6^th November) in hospital. Our sympathies go out to his wife Maureen and their families.

Bill had been a campaigner on environmental issues for decades and lived in Leytonstone. Googling his name shows how involved with that community he became. For as long as I can remember he was a member of the Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party and the Waltham Forest Civic Society. When the Civic Society looked like closing he fought hard to save it. He was also interested in Local History and set up the Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society of which he was Chair.

When the Friends of the William Morris Gallery’s Chair resigned during the battle with the council Bill came forward and took the helm and steadied the group while the Gallery was being refurbished.

He was passionate about railways and was known to take day trips to Snowdon! He was no passenger though as he joined the Council’s Transport Liaison Consultative Group to actively campaign for better public transport.

Waltham Forest and Leytonstone in particular, has lost a great campaigner – with the loss of Katy Andrews earlier in the year this is a huge blow and hopefully their legacies will live on.