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Originally printed on July 3, 2012.
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URQUHART Kenneth (Tollie), of Cliff House, Poolewe, died peacefully, after a long illness, in Mo Dhachaidh Care Home, Ullapool, on June 28, 2012. Funeral service in Poolewe Free Church, on Wednesday, July 4, at 1 p.m., thereafter interment in Poolewe Cemetery. All friends respectfully invited.
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Eddie Longworth
31 October 2012
My name is Eddie Longworth and I was deeply saddened to learn that Ken had died earlier this year. I met Ken in 1976 when I worked in Saudi Arabia and got to know him very well. Every day during my second year there we drove the 15 miles from Khamis Mushait to our schools in Abha in Ken's pick-up van. He was always in good humour, very upbeat and he helped me hugely while I was there.
At weekends we made expeditions down the dusty mountain roads of the time to the Red Sea. I have a vivid memory of a day when Ken bought a dodgy-looking fish in a fly-ridden market, cleaned it in the sea and fried it on his tiny gas stove. Miraculously neither of us got sick! And there were so many other great memories but mostly I remember his integrity, his optimism, his curiosity about the world and his vast knowledge of the Middle East.
Ken also helped me to move from teaching into journalism because he gave me great assistance when I was asked to contribute to a book on the Assir region, where we were based. He supplied information and he edited the piece before I submitted it for publication!
I left Saudi in summer of 1978 and though we never met again, we kept in contact by exchanging Christmas cards and the occasional emails. A few years ago Ken suggested meeting in London. Last February I booked a flight to London and phoned him to arrange a meeting. That was when he told me he had had a stroke and was housebound - strangely he never mentioned his condition in his cards (though maybe that wasn't strange at all because he was not a complainer, he believed in getting on with life). I tried to phone him a few times in the coming months but the phone always rang out. Now I know why.
I hope to visit Poolewe and that beautiful part of Scotland some day - what a pity I didn't go there while Ken was alive.
I guess the people we remember best are those who were special, those who leave an indelible impression. I was blessed to meet him. Ed Longworth (edlongworth@eircom.net)
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Press And Journal
03 July 2012
Please accept our condolences at this difficult time.