Robert Cuffe-Adams

18 March 1948 – 30 June 2004

Robert Cuffe-Adams was my brother, whom I had the fortune to know for fifty three years.  Like all siblings we fought and competed at times.  Once he told me the sole purpose of earwigs was to crawl into your ear and eat your brain (I was six, he was eight).  Another time he dared me to jump off the garage roof “to see what it’s like”.  I stayed, he jumped.  We all wrote on the plaster cast.

 Robert, the adored husband, father and uncle was a devoted family man; Robert, the licensed lay minister, whose Christian faith was central to his life, was godfather to Jenny; Robert, the wheelchair user because of a rare spinal growth (chordoma) which he endured with optimism and determination as the impact of its effects reduced his mobility and independence, smiled at his own ill health; Robert, the solicitor, seen here with Commissioner Sir John Stevens as he receives recognition for twenty years’ service at Scotland Yard and the Met, always worked with dedication; a very special person for whom a Galaxy Tribute is very appropriate.  All the sponsor money raised by Jen and myself from the Flora Light will help boost Robert’s fund.  I look forward to naming that star.

Lesley Greene

Presentation of the Star to Lesley Greene by Jimmy McKenna of HollyOaks

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