Obituaries Christopher Urban Rogers 1945 2017 Christopher Urban Rogers, a former chairman of CTSI and Fellow of the institute, has died. Trained in Devon under stalwarts Frank Frost and Ralph Parkinson, Chris is probably best remembered for his time in Westminster. He started there in 1967, as a principal trading standards officer, and became head of service in 1983. He joined CTSI in 1966 and was an active member of the Greater London branch, becoming secretary in 1974 and chairman in 1979. He was also press officer for some years in the late 1970s, and was rewarded with Fellowship in 1982. Chris successfully steered City of Westminster Trading Standards through the difficult 1980s and early 1990s, but eventually became a casualty of financial cuts in 1992. He began a second career, first in the Consumers Association and then as company secretary for a small charity in Norwich. Chris had many outside interests, including cooking and gardening, heritage railways and sailing. He met his wife, Christine, in 1986 and they married in 2001. In recent years, he had become a local councillor and, in 2015, achieved his lifetime dream of seeing the Flying Scotsman locomotive. Chris has been described as a larger-than-life character, who will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Contributed by Christine and Bill Butterfield Credits Image: To share this page, in the toolbar click on Derek (Del) Elliott 1958 2017 Derek (Del) Elliott, a former trading standards officer (TSO), has died aged 59 from pneumonia after a long battle with multiple sclerosis (MS). Born in Stepney, east London, Del briefly worked for Midland Bank after leaving school. He then joined Westminster Trading Standards as a trainee TSO and attended South Thames College, in Wandsworth, to attain his Diploma in Trading Standards (DTS). During his career, Del worked at the London Borough of Islington and Surrey Trading Standards, returning to Westminster in 1987. It was there he met Caroline, who later became his wife. He briefly worked as a trading standards adviser for the Ratners Group, but realised it was not a path he wanted to pursue, and returned to trading standards at Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, in 1990. Del and Caroline moved to the Sussex village of Burwash and, in 1993, he was promoted to lead officer in Kent for food and animal health, transferring to the Folkestone office. After moving home to St Leonards on Sea, Del started to experience some health and mobility problems. In 2002, he was finally diagnosed with primary progressive MS. This prompted another move, to a bungalow in Shadoxhurst, and Del took early retirement from Kent County Council in 2004. In his younger days, he enjoyed playing the drums and the bass guitar. He loved food and drink, and particularly enjoyed real ale. Even after his diagnosis and confinement to a wheelchair, he and Caroline continued to travel the world and had many cruise holidays. He also enjoyed watching Formula One racing. Dels funeral was a celebration of his life, attended by more than 80 friends and former colleagues, and included some of his favourite music from The Blues Brothers and Led Zeppelin. Del was remembered as a kind and generous man, with a great sense of humour. His family would like to thank everyone who attended the funeral and sent messages of condolence, and for the donations to ARRCC a registered charity local day centre in Dels memory. Contributed by Caroline Elliott