Who was Peter Carter?

This statement and the wording was provided by Peter’s children:

Our Dad, Peter Charles Carter, was a respected Managing Director at Taylor Barnard, a local logistics company, for many years. Growing up, Dad was always around water and enjoyed sailing with his parents and siblings. His love of sailing remained into adulthood and our family which we were very fortunate to be part of. We had several ‘boats’ over the years from small sailing yachts to quite large motorboats! We as a family enjoyed numerous, very happy holidays and weekends exploring the local rivers, France, Belgium, and Holland on the boats with our parents. Once dad retired, they continued their love of water by cruising around the world, several times. Dad also started playing golf in his 60’s but due to arthritic pain in his shoulders and hands had to give up. After giving up golf, dad joined a local art class which he attended weekly up until recently. He had always had a ‘knack’ for drawing however again, due to arthritis in his hands, found it difficult and frustrating to hold a pen or brush.

During his retirement, both of our parents took to drinking a lot of alcohol. My sister and I took Dad to the GP a number of times over the years to talk about his addiction and see what help was available. Although dad knew he had an issue and wanted to try and stop drinking, he refused specialist help and wanted to attempt to do this on his own. He admitted to being embarrassed about his alcohol consumption.

Throughout the final year of Dads life, we lost count of the times that the emergency services were called to their home. Each time my parents explained to us, and the emergency services, that they both wanted to kill themselves and that they had had enough of their lives.

On Sunday the 16th of April, dad committed suicide by hanging himself in the garden. He sadly died in hospital 3 weeks later on May 4th, 2023.

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