Ceptic aka Frank Robertson

[Gary Robertson]

Hi everyone. 

My Father Frank Robertson (Ceptic) sadly passed away 14/12/2022. He had been poorly for sometime with bad ulcers which in turn became septic (no pun intended, honest) and he sadly succumbed to the infection. He was 79. I know my dad spent many hours on RMWeb as hopefully an useful contributor. I knew when a topic had inspired him as he'd start drawing or finding out answers to questions and he would seem to have a sense of urgency to get things posted on here. Hopefully his archive of information will be of use to those members on here and to any future railway modellers.

One of his most favoured achievements was the drawings he did of Bournemouth West station and signal box, drawn from photographs mainly. These plans which Dad drew were used by the Bournemouth West Station Model Group who Dad was very proud to be associated with.

 

I will add funeral arrangements later as maybe there might be some local (Bournemouth) modellers on here who knew Frank.

 

Photo with Dad and me after a cab ride from Bournemouth to Weymouth.

[AY Mod]

I am very sorry to hear of your loss Gary. I don't know that I ever met your father but he was a character on here for many years and I enjoyed his Bournemouth postings.

 

RIP.

[PaulRhB]

Gary, condolences to your family and yes his contributions were always interesting and much valued. Nice to see a railway connection continues in the family. 
His contribution towards this superb layout and search for info on the details of the box are recorded in the thread in here somewhere. 

 

 

[Evertonian]

Frank was very well known as a regular visitor to the home base of the B'm'th

West layout at the Model Railways Solutions shop, and sadly his worsening

health problems were mentioned when the modelling group met last week.

Very sad news indeed to hear of Frank's passing and I am sure Roger will be

acknowledging the diligent work that 'Ceptic' contributed to the project.

Condolences to all family and friends.

Chris Knight

[Gary Robertson]

Hi. I have Dad's funeral arrangements.

Bournemouth Crematorium

January 3rd 2023 at 10:30

 

Wake at 11:45 at The White Hart pub, Longham, Dorset.

[Ian J.]

Very sad to hear this news. R.I.P.

[Roger Sunderland]

So very very sad to hear the news of Frank’s death. 
Many will know that Frank was instrumental in getting Bournemouth West off the ground. He managed to get the original group of us together with Peter Smith (ex S&D fireman) and others at the local library to discuss how we could go about building the layout. On the day he arrived with armfuls of track plans and the like. His knowledge of the railway around Bournemouth was legendary. If he didn’t know the answer, and he usually did, then he’d know who to ask.

He provided hundreds of pictures for us to work from but he really came into his own when we needed scale drawings for the buildings which he managed to do using Sketchup.

It is fair to say that without his help the Bournemouth West layout would never have become the great success it has.

Thank you for all your help Frank. I would say rest in peace but knowing him as I did, he’s probably hard at work on some great railway ideas in the sky.

 

Roger S