Just read on the Ragged Soldier blog about the death of George Gush - seems he died last year.
I remember George very well - few memories of us in the 70's standing next to each other at various conventions moaning when we saw people fielding unpainted figures in competition battles! Must have spoken to him several times before I found out who he was - saw his picture in a magazine and recognised him. Don't know if he ever knew my name.
Actually, he might have done - was talking to Alan Watson, editor of Sword and Lance magazine and he mentioned he wanted to speak to George about an article George was doing. Alan didn't know what George looked like, but by coincidence George passed by as we were talking so I yelled out 'George', he stopped, I introduced him and left them to it!
For those who don't know him, George, he was the author of a useful book and set of wargames rules... even has his own Wikipaedia page, something I'll never have!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gush
(Sidenote - Alan published my very first paid wargames article. It was over 50 years ago!)
Sword and Lance! Blimey, I remember that - still have some somewhere, I am sure. I thought it was rather good.
ReplyDeletePlease don't look me up...
DeleteDifficult not to, now. I'll have to find my old copies first, though!
ReplyDeleteI never met him but photos of his Minifigs ECW troops in Miniature Warfare magazine in the early 70s were a great inspiration to me at the time!
ReplyDeleteHe seems to have had a rather fierce reputation but I always got on well with him. He was certainly very influential.
DeleteI'm glad my blog post triggered a bit of nostalgia for you. The memories from his gaming friends in the leaflet hinted that he didn't suffer fools, but was obviously a really good guy. I gather some of George's collection has been on ebay.. I never met him, but he was a huge influence on me!
ReplyDeleteHe did have a fierce reputation!
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