Obituaries: Other lives: Colin Cunningham

In 1997, he developed dystonia, a movement disorder that meant he required the aid of a calliper and body brace to walk. He retired from the university and, in 2003, became disabled access adviser for Suffolk Historic Churches Trust. When we went to St Mary's, Woolpit, I found he had measured t...

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Abstract In 1997, he developed dystonia, a movement disorder that meant he required the aid of a calliper and body brace to walk. He retired from the university and, in 2003, became disabled access adviser for Suffolk Historic Churches Trust. When we went to St Mary's, Woolpit, I found he had measured the whole place with his surveyor's chain before I had finished gawping at the angels in the roof. "Well," he said with a wry smile, "I have told them how to modify the structures, but they are usually medieval, so there's nothing one is allowed to alter."
AbstractList In 1997, he developed dystonia, a movement disorder that meant he required the aid of a calliper and body brace to walk. He retired from the university and, in 2003, became disabled access adviser for Suffolk Historic Churches Trust. When we went to St Mary's, Woolpit, I found he had measured the whole place with his surveyor's chain before I had finished gawping at the angels in the roof. "Well," he said with a wry smile, "I have told them how to modify the structures, but they are usually medieval, so there's nothing one is allowed to alter."
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