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Janice Hayward.Where do you begin when talking of memories of Chris. Twelve years of laughter and the happiness he gave us couldn't possibly be captured on a page. Never a week has gone by when one of us hasn't started a sentence with the line "do you remember when" and every time that line was spoken it never once resulted in anything but a funny story. Even on the rare occasion he was angry at something or someone, you couldn't help but laugh, because he just couldn't carry it off.How we used to wind him up at his legendary quizzes, to the point where he would throw his pen in the air and say "that's it, I'm not doing it" and walk out only to return to us all laughing and begging him to continue.We spent nearly every Christmas with him at Mill Rythe apart from five years ago when we stayed at home. A Christmas without Chris wouldn't have been the same, so we invited him and Paul to join us. We had a wonderful day and after the bottle of port he decided that he wasn't going back to work that night as he was having too much fun. As always though his professionalism kicked in and we waved him off in a very happy state!He kept a very watchful eye on Felicity, Stephanie and Eleanor in Hudson's and woe betide if any male came near them!From when the girls were small he would say "I'm going to play the piano at their weddings which will be my gift to them" Felicity is getting married on 30th June 2007 in a manor house where there is a grand piano. No one will play it, but we will all raise our glasses around it and drink to our piano man cos we know in our hearts that he will be there with us.
Eleanor Hayward.I first met Chris when I was 8 in 1994 with the rest of my family.Chris was a second dad to me and my two sisters. When we went into Hudson's we would always sit in the corner. Chris and all the other staff would sit round the other side, he would always come to try and persuade us to go and sit with them all. We were too embarrassed to do that so he would come to check if we were ok, and that no-one was hanging around us that we didn't want to be there. Chris would always know if we weren't happy with someone sitting with us, we'd just give him a look and he'd get rid of them.Mill Rythe was like a second home to me and my family, we would go there anything up to 16 times a year. We have met some brilliant people there over the years and it comes to something when you even know the chalet maids and they know you on first name terms!! But the best person we ever met there was Chris Caswell. One of my funniest memories of him was the story he told us when he was on his way to the ballroom and a lady was walking in front of him. She was wearing high heels and her heel got caught in the pavement and it snapped off. As I'm sure you can imagine he was laughing so much he couldn't go to help her, he just had to go back and sit in his chalet until he had stopped laughing. When he had finally stopped laughing, on his way back to the ballroom he saw her heel still stuck in the pavement, which amused him even more. What a sense of humour he had. He was truly the nicest person that God created and I'm so jealous that he let us have him for so little time and that now he has him back with him.
Stephanie Hayward.GodfatherYou can't stop a river from flowing to the sea,Some things just happen and they're meant to be,You're off on a journey, all things new,The life you left behind will always remember you,Deep down in my heart you'll never be gone,Godfather I promise your spirit will always live on!As I need you to help keep me strong.
When I'm feeling all alone and need some loving care,I'll look up at the sky above and know you'll always be there.The brightest, shiniest star will be you,Watching over me and guiding me through.
It's so hard for me to say goodbye,What am I meant to do without your love?I love you GodfatherI will miss you
Stephanie xxx
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