David Vickery

I was a very green seventeen year old when I met Tim. He was running FRANKS a Saturday night basement disco night at the Bickley Arms pub in Chislehurst. He accepted me as the warm-up DJ, later offering a job in the Capital Radio record library should I decide for that as the start of a career path. I opted instead to go to College – Tim sold me some spare disco lights (I ran the college disco) and he introduced me to a couple of people at Radio 210 who gave me my first broadcast experience. Although, we weren’t in touch beyond that ( I saw him a couple of times through the glass at Unique) he provided me with some excellent words of advice when needed most. Over four decades on, I’ve never forgotten his encouragement and enthusiasm. The news of his death has saddened me.