Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 23, 2005
I worked with Giles in BT about 10 years ago, someone I spoke with a lot but only ever on the phone, I'll never forget his distinctive well spoken manner, he was a real gentleman. My thoughts are with his family.
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 22, 2005
Polish president posthumously decorates victim of London bombings
Text of report in English by Polish news agency PAP
Warsaw, 22 July: President Aleksander Kwasniewski on Friday [22 July] posthumously decorated Giles Hart with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic, the Presidential Chancellery reported. Giles Hart died in a terrorist attack in London on 7 July 2005 as one of the victims of the bus number 30. He was 55. Hart was an employee of the British Telecom concern.
Throughout the 1980s Giles Hart was a prominent British supporter of the Solidarity movement in Poland, especially when Poland was under martial law. He was an executive member of the Polish Solidarity Campaign (PSC), the main group in Britain supporting the Solidarity movement. Hart was also the editor of the volume "For your and our freedom" a collection of memories of the PSC members, issued in 1995.
He founded the Polish Refugee Rights Group helping Poles who stayed in Great Britain after the martial law. The foundation exists to this day as a charity, the East European Advice Centre. Hart remained absorbed by Solidarity till his very last days. He co-organized October's conference in London on the impact of Solidarity on Britain. He had recently accepted an invitation to a conference in Warsaw commemorating the 25th anniversary of its foundation. He is survived by his wife, 54, and their children Maryla, 21, and Martin, 17. He is also mourned by his 85-year-old mother Elsie and sister Erica and her husband Geoff.
Source: PAP news agency, Warsaw, in English 1132 gmt 22 Jul 05
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 22, 2005
I met Giles when we were in the same Hall of Residence at Royal Holloway College in 1968. We lost touch so when I met Giles at Baker Street station more than 30 years later I was amazed at how much he had packed into his life (the rest of us seem to drift on). He was proud of his family and when he took me home to meet them I could understand why.
My deepest condolences
John Lich
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 17, 2005
I never knew Giles Hart, but I have been moved by the accounts of his life that I have read and I extend heartfelt sympathy to his loved-ones. I have, in his honour, tonight enrolled as a member of the British Humanist Association. It is time for people to stand up for reason!
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 16, 2005
My thoughts are with the family of Giles. Giles was a BT worker in London as i am in Exeter, i am sure everyone in BT will be think of you and your family at this sad time.
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 15, 2005
Giles was a tremendously compassionate, conscientious and humane man. He dedicated his life to campaigning for justice, human rights and against oppression, most notably in his unrelenting solidarity with the Polish trade union movement solidarnosc. It was an honour to have known him and for him to have touched my life. He was a living example of how people can work selflessly for peace and justice whilst rejecting the rhetorics of power and violence. He was an inspiration to me and to all. My heartfelt condolences go to his wife, children, and loved ones. Rest in peace Giles.
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 14, 2005
To dear Maryla and family. So very, very sad to hear you've lost Giles. Steve has just told me what a great guy he was. I can't begin to imagine how awful it must be to lose a family member. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Love Cat
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 14, 2005
As I write, Giles is still missing. I do not know him, but as a colleague from BT am moved to watch and hope.
Internet searches have revealed Giles fought for freedom from oppression through the Polish Solidarity Campaign. On the web are pictures of him - one with Lech Walesa.
It is this defiance in the face of adversity that must motivate us all to carry on.
My thoughts are with his family, his mother, wife, his son and his daughter.
You are not alone.
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY Anonymous on Jul 13, 2005
My heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Giles Hart.
I never knew him but will keep him in my prayers.
Funny how things work out here on this crazy blue planet. Please know that God has a plan and that Giles is a part of that plan. Everything happens for a reason and most of the time that reason is known only to God. We'll all meet in heaven someday. My prayers are with you.
Prayers & Condolences For: Giles Hart BY MrIraqi on Jul 12, 2005
Footprints
One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. "LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me.
The LORD replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."