• Apple Days

    August 1, 2025
    Memory

    I made an apple tart this week, just the kind Robin liked, and that the whole family ate together on his birthday when this photo was taken. Maybe next year I’ll make them from the old apple trees in his garden, still bearing good, sweet fruit.

    Once, when he was in hospital for a short stay, he described to me how much he enjoyed the apple pie he was served one day. I though it funny that he could take pleasure in a hospital apple pie in the middle of that kind of stressful experience, but sometimes he had that ability to focus on a small detail let the waves of anxiety go.

    To make an apple tart, now, is to cast a little anchor into happiness, and let this grief subside for a moment.

    Happy birthday, Uncle.

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  • One long year

    February 8, 2025
    Uncategorized

    Sometimes I find myself crying as I if had just heard the news that Robin is gone and other days I don’t know the news at all because I read something or hear something on the television and think to myself, I must remember to tell Uncle about that. Other days still I know that he is gone because I open the door to his home and do not hear his cheery voice calling out ‘hello!’

    I cannot stop trying to hear his voice again in my mind. One day I called his home, knowing he was already gone, thinking perhaps by some kind of magic I would still get to hear him say ‘Hello darling’. But I also can’t bring myself to watch old family videos yet, because there’s something overwhelming about the thought of hearing his voice, seeing him smiling, and making his corny jokes, when I know he is gone.

    The year has brought him closer and farther away at the same time. Grief is strange tides of absence and presence, that pull me towards photos and recordings of him and draw out more tears because this is all that is left of his warm, comforting presence.

    All I can say, one year along, is that I wish you were not gone. You were always needed here and you still are.

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  • Celebration of Life

    February 24, 2024
    Announcement

    The Greedharry family invites you to join us in saying goodbye to Robin and celebrating his life. The cremation service will be held at 12pm (noon) on March 19th at the St Marylebone Crematorium in East Finchley.

    The service, following Hindu tradition, is open to all. We welcome all friends and neighbours who would like to pay their respects to Robin. For those of you who cannot attend in person, the funeral service will be webcast as it happens and we will share the link with you in advance.

    Please send us a message via the comments if you would like to access the webcast of the service.

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  • About Robin

    February 16, 2024
    Announcement

    We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Robin (Rabin) Greedharry on February 8, 2024, in London, England. Robin was the youngest son of Dunbeea and Shanti Greedharry, brother to Sakountala (Sally) Greedharry (d. 2022) and Drone Greedharry (d. 1993).

    Robin was born in Mauritius in 1949 and migrated with the family to London in the 1960s where he made his home for the rest of his life. When his father died soon after the family moved to London, teenage Robin’s studies were interrupted, and he began working full time to help support his mother and sister. He worked conscientiously for local authorities across London, studying in his spare time as a mature student to obtain his degree from University of Westminster. He had lifelong interests in art and antiques, current events, and football, and was always ready to have a chat about the state of the world or tell you a joke he thought might cheer you up.    

    He is remembered with great love and affection by the family, friends, and neighbours he leaves behind. He was an especially beloved uncle to Mrinalini and Praveen.

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