Oliver Clubine

(Sad news for the Workshop today, with the passing of one of its founding members, Oliver Clubine. Fellow Workshop member Jim Martin broke the news to us...)

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It is with heavy hearts that we in the S Scale Workshop, along with the rest of the S scale community, mourn the passing of group member Oliver Clubine. Oliver had just turned 77 this past Easter Sunday.

Oliver had been battling a degenerative heart condition for many years. For the past three weeks he had been in the Brantford, Ontario hospital. He died at 6:00 this morning.

Oliver was a founding member of the S Scale Workshop, and the man behind Ridgehill Hobbies and Ridgehill Scale models.

Aside from his family, his other passion was motor racing. He built Britain West Motorsport into a highly successful  operation catering to open wheel race cars, particularly Formula Ford.

Oliver leaves behind his wife Sandra, his son David (who is also a successful racer and a skilled model railway enthusiast), David’s wife Laura, and their two children Conner and Abby.

A more complete tribute to Oliver will follow in the days ahead. We are missing him already. Our heartfelt  condolences go out to the Clubine family on this sad day.

- Jim