Poetic Obituaries: Tess, a poet, said Bryan [Russell] was

Hempsted born and bred and although he worked mainly for Severn Trent nearby and at Tewkesbury, he saw his vocation in life as a poet.

"When he was at Netheridge and Tewkesbury he saw the beauty of nature next to where he was and it inspired him," said Tess, who met Bryan in 1988 and married him seven years later.

from The Citizen: Poet inspired by the Rivern Severn dies aged 78

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