A E (Tony) Sweet RIP
November 12, 2008 – 5:41 pmSadly I have received the following message from School:
Tony Sweet, Old Sulian and past Deputy Head of Beechen Cliff School, died last Monday and his funeral will be held on Tuesday 25 November at 2 p.m. at St John’s Church, Upper Bristol Road. The service is followed by a private cremation. Buffet at Lansdown Cricket Club. Family flowers only but donations to Clarkson Funeral Directors, 7 Windsor Place, Bath, Avon, BA1 3DF , for Cancer Research.
Paul Sweet, his son, is happy for anyone to phone him on 07956 592247. He has also asked to pass on this information to anyone else who knew his father.
Roger W.
6 Responses to “A E (Tony) Sweet RIP”
My sincere condolence to his family he well be sadly missed
By Mark lapsley on Nov 18, 2008
just heard this sad news from Mary Adams.
I will pass it on to my son, Liam Callaghan,(1993 – 2000) but in the meantime please accept both our condolences.
Brenda Callaghan
By Brenda Callaghan on Nov 22, 2008
Very sad news about a man whom I will always remember as easily moved to laughter. I was a year below him and followed the same route from St. Luke’s School on Odd Down to CBBS, so I also remember his dear mother who ran the Odd Down Post Office on Noad’s Corner during the war. He was ‘Hector’ to us all and a great guy. My condolences to his family.
Bill Salisbury
By Bill Salisbury on Dec 19, 2008
Tony was my mentor when I started teaching at Beechen Cliff Lower School in 1981. He was always very kind when offering help or advice, so of course, I made progress! Later he would say that I had bloomed like a rose from a bud – he was such a charmer! When I met him by chance last year whilst he was walking his dog across Weston Fields, he was just the same – kindly, interested and charming. I said that to continue the rose idea I must now be overblown and thorny. Of course, he wouldn’t have it. To him, everyone had beauty and potential, whatever their age or ability. That was why we all loved him.
By Adrienne Baker on Jan 10, 2009
I was a couple of years below ‘Hector’ at CBBS and really got to know him well playing rugby with him for the Old Suls. He was one of the most charming men I have met in my life and his charm was totally sincere. He was a pure gentleman and marvellous fun to be with.
I particularly remember an Easter rugby tour to Devon, based at Totnes, when he contrived to have the late John Blackman and me booked into the hotel’s honeymoon suite and kept talking about it for months.
By John Bennett on Jan 25, 2009
Tony Sweet was quite simply the most liked and respected teacher amongst all pupils during my time at Beechen Cliff (1990-97, even though he has long since retired from full time teaching. That tells you everything you need to know about the popularity of the man.
By W.Quibell on May 5, 2009