John Farquharson
06/06/2023
Thanks to Jan Taylor for letting us know about John's passing. Our deepest sympathies go out to John's family and friends. The following is taken from the post Jan put on the OT's Facebook page. About 3 weeks ago one of our TC family passed away from Cancer, an illness which he had been fighting for over 3 years. John Farquharson, a young farmer (39 yrs) was at TC 90’s/2000’s period in lower and upper school. He was a small petite young fellow with the most abundance of energy, talent, kindness and sincerity. I had the great honour of teaching him Physical Education and he was a member of one of my forms. Those that knew him, will probably remember his allergies and he carried a little satchel with his medicines in. For me he was one of my son’s close friends at TC and an outstanding athlete in Cross country and Sprinting. His speed was breathtakingly fast and he represented TC on many occasions. He was encouraging, a fighter and he always brought the baton home in the last leg of the relay with a smile wearing our famous, undeniably spectacular running vest, back in the day. I am encouraging,if at all possible, for anyone who remembers John to join his family and his extended TC family at his funeral on Tuesday 20th June 10.45 am Trysull Church. This would give the family much comfort in this torrid of times for them. He was well known in the Young Farmers community and just loved tractors. He was, and still is a true TC legend. Cups and trophies bear his name. A most lovely person.