Dominic Greenhough, Engineer
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 3:33 pmThis just posted by Nick Dawber on the BSL Facebook page
"Just returned from paying my respects to a fine man and have family permission to post this. I'm sure many will remember fondly the "Bolton Diplomat." Dominic Greenhough was an Engineer with Blue Star from 77 to around 1990. Unfortunately Dominic passed away 4th September at the age of 66 having fought a long battle with cancer since 2002. As was Dominics way, he was still working right to the end.
I never sailed with Dominic but we both became involved in a nascent renewable energy industry in the early 90s. Extracting methane gas from landfills and generating electricity using recip gas engines. He was on a site near Bolton, me Wigan (6miles apart). He came to work with me in 92 and together we developed and built 5 sites in Ireland, building and training a team of operations and maintenance guys. I then went to a company in UK and I persuaded him to join me 6 months later there in 97. I then abandoned him for another new job but he stayed with the company as Operations Director, where he remained to the end despite his battle with cancer. He had a very successful career and was held in high esteem.
We spent 6 years working as a team and had some great times building a company from scratch and sharing Blue Star yarns. I had the greatest respect for him, bothe as a person and an Engineer.
He will be missed by his wife Jane, and 4 kids (and his ex wife Jackie) and his grandkids and his wider family.
There was a very big turnout for his funeral, a mark of how well he was liked despite his "no bullshit" approach in life.
Rest in piece."
"Just returned from paying my respects to a fine man and have family permission to post this. I'm sure many will remember fondly the "Bolton Diplomat." Dominic Greenhough was an Engineer with Blue Star from 77 to around 1990. Unfortunately Dominic passed away 4th September at the age of 66 having fought a long battle with cancer since 2002. As was Dominics way, he was still working right to the end.
I never sailed with Dominic but we both became involved in a nascent renewable energy industry in the early 90s. Extracting methane gas from landfills and generating electricity using recip gas engines. He was on a site near Bolton, me Wigan (6miles apart). He came to work with me in 92 and together we developed and built 5 sites in Ireland, building and training a team of operations and maintenance guys. I then went to a company in UK and I persuaded him to join me 6 months later there in 97. I then abandoned him for another new job but he stayed with the company as Operations Director, where he remained to the end despite his battle with cancer. He had a very successful career and was held in high esteem.
We spent 6 years working as a team and had some great times building a company from scratch and sharing Blue Star yarns. I had the greatest respect for him, bothe as a person and an Engineer.
He will be missed by his wife Jane, and 4 kids (and his ex wife Jackie) and his grandkids and his wider family.
There was a very big turnout for his funeral, a mark of how well he was liked despite his "no bullshit" approach in life.
Rest in piece."