Dave Valentine NDA 64-66 1945-2021 As many of you know, Dave Valentine died in May of this year. The SCA owes him much and below is a short obituary and some emails received by the SCA at the time.
Dave with his wife Barbra, May 2012
Dave was born in Bedford in 1945. Despite living in the town he had a yearning for the countryside and it was this love that drew him to Shuttleworth in the autumn of 1964 to begin the NDA course. There are many stories from that time involving him and other students and some memories of his time at Shutts follow this short obituary. Dave graduated in 1966 and, after a spell working as an apprentice on a farm, took up a position with RHM in Stroud. Whilst there he managed to find time to keep some livestock of his own with a few hens, ducks, pigs and even a goat. However his life would not have been complete without a dog of some sort.
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