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craze for skiing. He advised the then
editor of the Sunday Times on learning
A fortnight before he died, he hosted a
to ski, and helped with the best-selling
birthday dinner for his beloved Kate –
ski book his namesake, Harold Evans,
one of the happiest days of his life. That
subsequently wrote. By the mid-eighties
positive, sunny, have-a-go attitude was
Michael’s business had become a chain of
with him to the end.
sports shops across England. Many of his
sporting heroes, including Chris Brasher,
IAN SANDERSON FOSTER (K46-53)
founder of the London Marathon, came on
died peacefully aged 88 on 18 November
board as technical advisers.
2023, in Majorca, Spain, his home for
many years. The funeral took place in
Majorca, but a special celebration of
Michael’s second wife, Mariette, worked
for his company. After he sold the business
in the late eighties, they moved out to
Majorca. Here he continued his friendship
with the late Ian Foster (K46-53), and
Tessa. His retirement allowed him to
cultivate even more interests including
昀椀ne wine, military history - he had an
encyclopaedic library on the Second
World War - and jazz, Louis Armstrong
being a special favourite.
Michael and Mariette had di昀케cult times,
昀椀rstly with their stepson, Peter, and then
when Michael became a devoted carer
to Mariette as she became ill. Following
her death in 2017, Michael spent more
his life was held at the Farmers Club in
time in London with Kate and Tim, and
London, with a number of OFs present.
they spent several jolly holidays together,
Ian was born on 2 March 1935 in
rediscovering Norfolk.
London. His father ran a well-known City
shipbroking company, and his mother
Michael was a keen bridge player and an
was a schoolteacher. At 11 years of age,
avid armchair TV football pundit. He also
he followed his older brother Howard to
had a great capacity for making friends,
Framlingham, where he boarded for 昀椀ve
as mentioned in one of his school reports.
years. A natural sportsman, he excelled at
He was still making friends in later life, at
rugby, hockey, cricket, tennis and squash.
a time when he needed them. His brain
was sharp to the end. He was an expert, if
He went straight from the College in
exasperating, card player, and that habit
September 1953 to Aldershot for National
of keeping 昀椀t never left him.
Service. Having passed the War O昀케ce
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