W 1952-1956
Word has reached us of the sad news that Anthony Fisher passed away on 6th January 2025. He was aged 86. Our thoughts and best wishes go to those who knew him well.
Funeral to take place at Gloucester Crematorium on 31 January at 14:30.
Family flowers only, donations to Diabetes UK inmemory.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/anthony-fisher2025
If you would like to have your memories of Anthony posted on this webpage, please feel free to email them to TWS@wycliffe.co.uk
At Wycliffe:
Rugby 1st XV
Member: Literary Society, Library Committee (Secretary), Art, A.T.C.
The obituary of Anthony W. Fisher took me back to March 1956 and the Athletics sports. Anthony was as I remember Secretary of Athletics and had won both the Mile and Half mile team race in 1955 so was obviously favourite for 1956 which he duly won. I was in Springfield which at that moment didn’t have many athletes so as a 15-year-old I was entered into the open mile and half mile on behalf of the house. For some reason I managed to come 2nd to Anthony in both and have spent 70 years wondering if I hadn’t been in such awe of the Secretary… could I have? Many years later Anthony and I had children in the same school (apologies not Wycliffe) and in chapel one morning we mulled this over and agreed the best man won.
– John Evans (J S 1952-1958)
I was sad to see the obituary for Anthony Fisher in The Wycliffian Society Times. He was a year ahead of me in Wards House in the days of Ken Wilden-Hart. I remember his home was in Minchinhampton and he was a keen (and very good) golfer. On one occasion whilst he was practising in the grounds he offered me his club to make a drive. His comment was that I had a natural swing and suggested I should take up the game. Now, some 70 years later, I regret never taking up his suggestion. My other recollection is of never being able to beat his record in the Senior Cross Country. He won it in 1957 in (I think) just under 26 minutes – it was my turn in 1958 but my time was over 26 minutes.
– Andrew Marsden (J W 1950-1958)
