George Douglas

George Douglas in his 80s was a quiet man with a very dry sense of humour who politely regarded most aspects of life in the 21st century as stark staring bonkers. He loved art and antiques, especially Regency furniture. He listened to jazz and opera on vinyl records in the evenings and had a tiny, ancient TV that was rarely used.

Very few of those who knew him had a clue that he had once been a dashing photographer who supplied images to all the top magazines in Britain, America and Europe and could turn his hand to anything from Hollywood stars to a feature on the Queen’s-rat catcher or the last days of a wartime aircraft carrier.