Trevor Marcuson  (1939-2022)

Trevor was born in August 1939 just a week before war broke out. Trevor and I were evacuated from Birmingham in September shortly thereafter and in 1940 ended up in Borth a small village in mid-Wales, near Aberystwyth. We were there for four years returning in December 1944. We started at West House in January 1955, where our Welsh accents were barely comprehensible to our new “Brummie” friends. Trevor thrived at the school excelling at sport, particularly cricket. When he left, the family presented the Marcuson Fielding bowl, still awarded to the present day.

Trevor went to Aldenham School and then became an accountant doing his articles at Impey Cudworth in Birmingham. He worked initially with Marks and Spencer and then for 30 years he was in private practice.

He married Pamela Norris in 1971 and they moved from London to Foxton, near Cambridge in 1973. They had three children, Lucy, Tim and Guy and three grandchildren. They were married for over 50 years and whilst Pamela shared with him his passion for cricket but was a keen he loved to participate in all sports. He was a Francophile, frequently visiting Paris largely for the food, and spoke excellent French. He was a stalwart supporter of all local activities, including the Jewish community, in and around Cambridge.

He developed a chronic blood condition some 20 years ago but that did not slow him down. Eventually however that overcame him and he died peacefully at the local hospice at the age of 83 years. A life lived to the full.

Roger Marcuson