The death occurred last month following a fairly prolonged period of ill health, of former ODRTS Chairman Peter Fennymore.

Peter took over the Chairmanship from Martin Gelman (C47J) following Martin's decision to stand down prior to the 1976 AGM. He held the position until the completion of our move from Shirland Road to Brunswick House on Saturday 11th August 1984 - a move that had been negotiated from start to finish by Peter and his Board following several years of searching for suitable premises.

This rare photo from the Call Sign archives features four ex-chairman of DaC and a former Call Sign Editor: Back Row left to right:
Martin Gelman, Aubrey Siteman and Phil Emden.
Front Row left to right: Jack Russell and Peter Fennymore

PETER FENNYMORE
- A TRIBUTE

   Although Kenny Burns was the 'stand-in' Chairman at the time of the BH move - gaining the position officially at the '84 AGM in November of that year - Peter was given the honour of calling the first job from the Brunswick House control room. At that moment, our company name of ODRTS took second place to the new trading name of Dial-a-Cab (prior to that we had the rather less-used name of All London Radio Taxis which had been designed purely as a way of getting us into the Yellow Pages before any other taxi company - starting as it did with the letter A).
   In Peter's last Chairman's Report in Call Sign (July/August 84), the pride he felt at the success of finding a building ideally suited to our purposes really shone through.
   During his later years, Peter found happiness in retirement to a pub in Dorset where he lived until his sad passing........ RIP

Call Sign spoke to Aubrey Siteman, who knew Peter well in addition to working with him and also to Ken Burns who succeeded Peter as Chairman:

Aubrey Siteman (Chairman 1992 - 1996)

It was with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of former Dial-a-Cab Chairman Peter Fennymore. Peter had not been in the best of health these past few years. He retired from the trade a year or two ago and went to live with his daughter and son-in-law in Dorset.
Peter took over the chair from Martin Gellman and I served with him as Treasurer, as I had done with the previous Chairman. Those years were not the best of times in so far as the politics of the Society were concerned. There was a faction which were anti-board and which caused great upheaval and damage and Peter, as Chairman, carried the brunt of this. But in spite of that, he never wavered in his belief and dedication to this organisation. Always polite and straightforward in his approach to problems, he gave the appearance of being stern and humourless, but to know him well you soon realised that this was the opposite to the real man. Peter had quite a few tragedies in his life but never let them interfere with his service to this Society.
When Board members step down or leave the Society, they can be soon forgotten - their

contribution, however important, lost in the mist of time, it is indeed a sad fact of life. I was pleased that whilst I was Chairman, I invited him up to lunch to thank him for his work over the years on behalf of all of us. That, I know, he much appreciated.
I do send our sincere condolences to his family, not only on behalf of those that knew him, but from all the members of the Society. Rest in peace.

Ken Burns (Chairman 1984 - 1990):

Peter Fennymore was the Chairman of ODRTS when I was elected to the BoM in 1978. Under his Chairmanship, the Society prospered year on year. Among his achievements were the successful implementation of Storno radio's with the first fully digital vehicle identification (VI) system, the first door logos, the first minimum-charge and waiting-time charges on account rides, the purchase of Brunswick House and the use of a trading name (Dial-a-Cab).
I learned an awful lot from Peter - lessons which stood me in good stead for my time in office. Peter was a true gentleman and a very nice man.
My heartfelt condolences go to his family.


Sad Deaths of Two More DaC Drivers
It seems that this period in time has been particularly sad so far as the cab trade and Dial-a-Cab are concerned. In addition to the trade's Geoff Trotter and Chris Finch-Hatton - the Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham - DaC has sadly lost several members over recent months. Last month, in addition to the already-reported death of former Chairman Peter Fennymore, Call Sign is sad to report the death of Maurice Moss (L68) in a tragic diving accident. Maurice was an	accomplished deep sea diver who even wrote a Call Sign article on the subject in July 1991. If anybody would like a copy of the article (including three photographs), send the Editor your name and address and we'll run off a copy for you. However sad Maurice's death is, some small consolation perhaps, is that he loved diving and would have appreciated the dangers involved. But doesn't lessen the sadness for those who survive him - both family and friends. Also sadly passed away through illness since the last Call Sign was	John Khon (R30). Known better by the regulars on EC5 as 'Hungarian' John, he had been on Dial-a-Cab for many years rarely changing his mode of work - he was a regular night man on Finsbury Square who loved a moan intertwined with a joke. In recent years he seemed to spend more time in Thailand than here and revelled in telling other drivers how good it was there. Yet another irreplaceable character. Call Sign sends it's deepest sympathies to the families of both Maurice and John...RIP.

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