There are two Thames obituaries on The Guardian today.
The daughter of David Sharp writes about her father and his campaign for the Thames Path.
On the same page the daughter of Graham Corneck recalls her father as incumbent of St Nicholas Church at Deptford Green.
The ancient riverside parish is where the lighthouse authority Trinity House was founded. St Nicholas’s churchyard contains the body of Christopher Marlowe and I can remember seeing Canon Corneck presiding dramatically over a crowded gathering on the anniversary of the playwright’s baptism on 26 February.
The Vicar was also instrumental in involving the local MP Dame Joan Ruddock in the campaign for the Peter the Great statue at the Deptford Creek entrance.