NOBODY WE HAVE SPOKEN TO SO FAR ABOUT THE HODGE HAS HAD ANYTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT GERALD ZITTER .

AN EVENHANDED AND FAIR MAN, A GENEROUS MAN, A REALLY HARDWORKING MAN, A COMPANY MAN, IN FACT ALMOST ONE MIGHT THINK, A TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE MAN, BUT WE THINK NOT, BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE CANNOT BE WRONG.

THE OTHER DAY, WE TOOK A LITTLE TIME OUT TO SURF THE NET FOR ANY REFERENCE TO GZ, LIKE WE DID FOR MR SHAPLAND & ARB, BUT NOT A THING CAME UP, EXCEPT IN A BLOG CALLED "BLACKWOOD HODGE MEMORIES", AND CONSIDERING WHAT A REALLY DECENT BLOKE GZ APPEARED TO BE, AS YOUR SITE HAD BEEN THE ONLY MENTION, WE FELT QUITE PROUD THAT IT WAS AS A PART OF THE COMPANY THAT HE DID SO MUCH FOR THAT HE WOULD BE REMEMBERED.

GZ DIED IN 1974, IN HIS LATE FORTIES OR EARLY FIFTIES, NO ONE SEEMS TO BE QUITE SURE AT WHAT AGE, AS HE WAS ALSO A PRIVATE MAN. WHATEVER AGE, A GREAT LOSS, NOT ONLY OF THE PERSON, BUT ALSO ANOTHER LINK BROKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL DAYS, AS GZ WAS ALSO A SUNLEY MAN.

1955 photo of GZ when he was Works Controller at Northhampton.1955_2

4 responses

  1. Guy Zitter Avatar
    Guy Zitter

    Thanks for putting up this profile. My Father actually died in 1970 aged 46. As I was 16 at the time we had not fallen out so I worshipped the ground that he walked on. It is wonderful to see that he had other admirers as well.

  2. Judi Sheahan Avatar
    Judi Sheahan

    I have fond memories of Guy’s father – they lived next to us.
    I remember the day he took us children for a drive down the M1, before it was officially opened. Very exciting. He always had a gentle voice and a smile.

  3. Ali Bloomer Avatar
    Ali Bloomer

    As Judi’s sister I also remember the excitement of zipping down the empty M1, it certainly beat the endless jams of nowdays. What we didn’t appreciate was the amazing engineering achievement of which he must have been justifiably proud. My other memory is his endless patience in letting me practice my hairdressing skills. If he was alive now I’m sure he would be grately relieved to know I didn’t follow that career path!

  4. Jenny Pittes (nee Roberts) Avatar
    Jenny Pittes (nee Roberts)

    My family lived opposite the Zitter family in Horton.We had some wonderful times skating on the river by Judi and Ali’s house! I also remember the Silla(sp) tree in their garden.My late parents were great frinds of Gerald and Ina .
    I used to babysit Geraldine!!

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