Sadly George died suddenly in Beijing on 13 January 2009
GEORGE DAY
WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2009
2-5pm (Service and Wake)
at
The First Floor, Riverside Building
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead Quays
South Shore Road
GATESHEAD NE8 3BA
George's daughter Kim Edwards warmly invites all those who knew,
loved and valued George to celebrate him at Gateshead and share
memories and stories of his incredible life on George Day.
"My Dad was incredibly happy in his life in Spain and China and
George Day is in celebration of that fact as well as of him, a wonderful and
well-loved man. It is also, for me, a celebration of all the
incredible and sublime people who were in his life - his friends,
both lifelong and new, throughout the world both in person and via
the Internet, who loved and valued him by whatever means, for as
long or as little, by face or by word. I would love to
see you all. But whether you are present or absent on the 18th, I’d
like to take this opportunity to thank you for enriching my Dad’s
life by being in it, for being at his side through the years, for
valuing and respecting him."
RSVP to Kim either by e-mail:
georgeday.thebaltic@googlemail.com
or by telephone: Home: 02075931599
Mobile: 07828496210
Flowers:
Owing to the location of the service, please do not
bring flowers; but if you feel you would like to contribute
something, making a small donation to a cause or charity that you
feel Dad would support would be a wonderful way to celebrate him.
George the Artist:
A small exhibition of George’s art work will be on
show. If you have any pieces of his work, and would like to bring
them along to display, they would be most welcome.
Travel:
By Train: Direct trains to Newcastle run from London
King’s Cross. The Baltic is located on the Tyne, and is within
walking distance from Newcastle Train station, or a short cab ride.
www.thetrainline.com
By Coach/Bus: - National Express: (National Express
are now also a major provider of trains to a large number of UK
destinations, this website is for travel by both coach and train)
Website:
http://www.nationalexpress.com/ Tel. +44 (0) 8717 818181
- Mega Bus: (Highly utilitarian, but often
spectacularly cheap) Website:
http://www.megabus.com/uk/ Tel. 0900 160 0900
By air: Website:
http://www.newcastleairport.com/ Customer information: 0871 882
1121 Flight Information: 0871 882 1131
Maps:
Multimap.com
Streetmap.co.uk
Accommodation:
- Travelodge. :
http://www.travelodge.co.uk/
- YHA: (Newcastle YHA is closed for restoration, but
you may consider staying in Durham, which is only a 20 minute train
journey to Newcastle.) Tel: (+44) 191 3343358
check it out here
- Premier Inn: There are Premier Inns in both
Newcastle, and Gateshead.
- Durham University: Many, if not all of the
colleges that form Durham University, offer B&B at affordable
prices. These colleges vary dramatically in distance from the train
station, but the city is small and most locations can be reached by
a swift 20 minute walk. A 50p Shuttle bus, runs from outside of the
train station, to North Road, and the Cathedral, -perfect for
getting to colleges on The Bailey, (google Cathedral Bus Durham).
Newcastle is around a 20 minute train journey from Durham. Please
note that Durham is Hilly.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/colleges/
There is a
Memories and Comments Site where you can add your memories and
thoughts and also read those posted by others.
http://theworldissaddened.wordpress.com Click through the
link to Comments to read and add text.
Beachhutman is the soubriquet of George Edwards. In addition to my
work as a Management Consultant, author, and sometime teacher, I
paint pictures and engage in other generally artistic activities.
These pages will give you a flavour of my work, and show the work by
other artists that I like or have in my collection.
