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His name was Henry Summers – but who was he?
- keithpeter 10y agoPosting this here as an interesting story in its own right, and as a reminder that the work we do is just one part of the trajectory of our lives. Most of the jobs that Harry did no longer exist in their original form, and the 'community' (human ecosystem?) of which he was a part is long gone.
- stevekemp 10y agoDefinitely an interesting story, and worth being posted here. Particularly interesting to me, as I lived a few hundred yards round the corner from the flat they depict, until very recently. I need to get myself back there sometime soon.
- yitchelle 10y agoIt is interesting that the BBC reporter took the time to extended the life of Henry Summer. As I recently heard before, we all have two deaths in our life. The first death is when we physically die, the second death is when our name is no longer spoken.
- Jun8 10y agoSimilar case of Joyce Vincent: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Vincent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Vincent. Found in her apartment much later with half wrapped Christmas presents and the TV on.
- thedailymail 10y agoGreat to see a reporter do so much digging into an unknown person's life, but the writing style was so sparse and dumbed down it actually made the article less readable. There were several captions longer than entire paragraphs, which wasn't difficult given that the majority of the paragraphs in the article are single, simple sentences. A quick read-through indicates that the longest paragraph is a whopping three sentences. Is this the level of literacy and attention span editors at BBC expect of the average reader?