One of our guests, Peter, has contributed to all our lives more than most. During his 40-year career as a chartered civil engineer, he not only oversaw the building of numerous harbours, roads and bridges, but also the Channel Tunnel and Thames Barrier.
He was born in Croydon and grew up in Leatherhead with his brother and sister. He studied at the University of Birmingham. Peter’s work took him and his family to Oman for eight years in the 1970s as well as Dubai for another eight years.
Peter has been a guest with us since September 2022 and joins us three times a week with two different hosts. Very sady his wife died in early 2025, but Peter continues to join us from a care home three times a week. Tapestry has been a place of safety and stability during a very turbulent and distressing time. Over the last three years, he has flourished in this time despite living with Alzheimer’s and has grown to be an enormously valued member of all three TDC groups.
Peter says “without conversation life is nothing”.
