A VILLAGE came together to send off one of its treasured members.
The Hurst Village Society organised a special farewell event for Henry Farrar, who is leaving the borough to be closer to his relatives in Yorkshire.
The 85-year-old is a local historian and published The Book of Hurst in 1984, a comprehensive history of the village and its surrounds. It was so popular it was reprinted in 1988.
Mr Farrar has also had an illustrous career as a cameraman for the BBC, working with people such as David Attenborough and Alan Whicker.
He also worked on all type of documentaries, travel, comedy and drama programmes.
He remains an active amateur photographer and has filmed and edited several village events over the years.
The most recent was in the summer of 2014 when local MP Theresa May officially unveiled the Hurst Village sign.
He has lived in Hurst for 47 years in part of a grade II listed Jacobean house.
With the sad passing of his wife Elizabeth a few years ago he felt now was the time to move up north.
At the farewell event, held at The Castle Inn on Wednesday, August 3, Mr Farrar was presented with a picture showing a montage of Hurst and a message of grateful thanks from the Village by Hurst Councillor and Chairman of Hurst Village Society Wayne Smith.
