RIP Sidewinder

[NozSpark]

For those that knew Paul Skyrme (aka Sidewinder) and don’t follow social media, I just thought that I’d pass on that he sadly passed away today..

 

[Murdoch]

Very sad news indeed.

he had the knowledge of countless sparks

RIP

 

[ProDave]

Sad news indeed.

 

[Fleeting]

I'm relatively new to this forum but he was clearly a knowledgeable person my condolences to his family.

 

[roys]

Oh man that is bad news, RIP Sidey , his knowledge and input to the forum will be missed.

 

[Sharpend]

I’m so sorry to hear this news, Paul was a wealth of knowledge and will be sorely missed, RIP and without pain.
Thank you for all that you shared both electrically and in your personal health.

God bless

 

[Richard-the-Ninth]

No, that's terrible news.

 

[johnb2713]

Oh dear RIP Sidewinder, thats sad news indeed.

 

[Oldman22]

Sorry to hear that news.

 

[Phoenix]

Very sorry to hear this, he always seemed to be the one that could provide the answers when no one else knew, and helped me out a good few times. I knew he was very ill, but didn't realise he was this close to the end, thought he was still struggling on, although, to him I imagine it was probably a relief in a way.

Condolences to his family.-

 

[mort2376]

Sad news. He will be missed and his knowledge seemed endless. RIP and my condolences to his family at this time.

 

[grumpyjohn01]

Sad news. He was hugely helpful on a project I was involved with and gave his time and extensive knowledge despite a busy schedule. He gave me the confidence to see it through to a very successful outcome even though I was a little out of my depth..! A great loss to the electrical community..RIP

 

[Mike P]

Very sad. Condolences to the family

 

[apprentice87]

Terribly sad news.. I had the pleasure of meeting Paul once. He came to Newport once [where i live] to look at a job and asked if i wanted to come along. Very nice bloke and HUGELY talanted too.

Was an honour to meet him..

RIP Paul.. You will well and truly be missed..

john..

 

[wytco0]

I didn't know Paul, but he was a major presence in this forum and I read and learnt from many of his posts, I saw a comment from him recently when he said that he had terminal cancer. He was still contributing to the forum in the last few days. Very sad news.

 

[Geoff1946]

That is a great loss to the forum. He had boundless knowledge of electrical matters which he was happy to share until very recently.
Condolences to his family.

 

[poni]

I will miss him on here , as others have said he had a lot of knowledge and wanted to pass it on to others,
my he RIP

 

[binky]

Such a shame, such a knowledgable bloke and decent fella to boot.

 

[UNG]

Even though it was inevitable it was still a shock and so sad to read of his passing so suddenly when he was only posting on here around a week ago. A man with more electrical knowledgethan most that we could all learn from taken to soon by a disease that we seem unable to find a cure for
RIP

 

[Armeg UK]

RIP Paul. Sad news indeed.
I had the pleasure of meeting Paul at an ELEX show (I think it was Ally Pally) and I found him to be a very likeable, knowledgeable and helpful man.
Reading the comments it seems like my view was shared by a lot of you.

Phil