| Nigel Harris, The Historian of Yarlet |
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Many of you will be familiar with The Yarlet Story, which was written by Nigel Harris and covered Yarlet’s history from Roman times until the early 1990s ( shortly after the appointment of Richard Plant as Headmaster ). Nigel Harris died last December at the age of 80. He was a nephew of Joy and Keith Tarling – indeed KET was his Headmaster during his five years at Yarlet from 1937 to 1942; he was also, like Nick Tarling, a great-grandson of J T Harris, who co-founded Bullers Limited of Stoke-on-Trent and in fact acquired the Yarlet freehold in 1903. In 1942 Nigel won an open award to Winchester, which was followed by National Service in West Germany, after which he spent the 1950s working at Bullers where he became an executive director. In the early 1960s he left to become one of the first directors of Alton Towers which he helped to develop over a period of 25 years – the bulk of his career. Another business interest was a language school which he later acquired in Tenerife. Like many members of the Harris and Tarling family he had a passion for crosswords – it was said of him that he would complete The Times crossword before breakfast and then wonder what to do with the rest of the day. Nigel never married – though he was always extremely popular with the younger generation. He will be remembered, by his family and by his many friends from his Yarlet days and after, as one of the most courteous of men who was also endowed with a lively humour and a most original mind. It is very good news that Richard Plant has agreed to bring The Yarlet Story up to date, and it is hoped that this will reach the publisher during 2010. |
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