JOHN BROMLEY

The sad news reached us over the weekend of the un-timely death of John Bromley. John was the President of the South Western in the early 90's having joined the club in the late 50's. John had a heart attack while out on his mountain bike on Headley common on Saturday. When I spoke to Brother Alan on Sunday who had been at the finish of the Cheam & Morden CTC 'Hilly' 50 on Boxhill in the afternoon, he told me he had seen the Emergency Vehicles and Helicopter. I can hardly believe I am writing this so soon after the death of another Ex-President Fred Parsons late last year. Both these men embodied aspects of the club to which they were lifelong members and where Fred was a staunch of the Pre-war John was one who captured the freedom and excitement of the Post-war Generation. A war child John became an excellent time trialist in which was the club was strong at this time. But it was as a roadman that he was to make his reputation, John never lost his characteristic tough and wiry physique that marked him out as an excellent climber and in a time when Britain had a surplus of road talent John rose to be well respected in this the hardest of sports. I had spoken to John just last month and he assured me that he had scaled down his work (he would not use the word retired) and was looking forward to seeing more of his bike, It is such sad news when one of our number is taken before his time
Our thoughts go out to his wife Jenny and his family in their sadness and for their loss, a man who had given much to this club of ours and still had such alot to give
John will be cremated on Friday 29th February at 10.15 at Randall’s Park Crematorium, Leatherhead (just outside Leatherhead on the road to Cobham). John was a keen bird watcher and any donations should be made to the RSPB.