GEOFF. LLOYD — An Appreciation
By
K. W.
K.
a lovely summer day when I heard that Geoff. Lloyd had been killed on active service. It was just such days that Geoff. loved. I shall always see him in flannels and blazer, swinging a tennis racquet, his fair hair flying in the breeze, the embodiment of all care-free youth. Geoff. was not only popular with 2ZB listeners; whenever he was stationed temporarily at the other ZB stations, he quickly made friends; in fact he just couldn’t help making friends wherever he went. He was very much "at home" in front of a microphone . . . his versatility and quick brain enabled him to handle any type of session, even at short notice . . . but I think we will all specially his cheery voice on the breakfast session. Yes, Geoff. was always so very much alive that it is hard to realise that he has gone. Away from the "mike" he was always active thinking up new sessions; looking for talent for his "Discoveries" session; arranging a charity concert. Never idle, and always a pleasure to work with, I remember he used S OME of the sunshine went out of
to knock on my office door and call from the outside-"This is Geoff. Lloyd with another idea!’’ And I quickly found that his ideas were worth attention. I remember, too (shortly after he joined the R.N.Z.A.F.), seeing him studying his text books in the announcers’ room whenever he was off duty, determined in this as in all other matters to do the job properly. And it was no time before listeners were hearing him broadcast from a ’plane over Wellington during the broadcast of a trial blackout. "Carry on, Flight-Sergeant Lloyd" said the studio, and appropriately Geoff. Lloyd spoke his last words over the air in New Zealand while in the air above his home town. Now all who listen may still hear him saying in Death, as he said so often in Life, "Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s been a pleasure."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 186, 15 January 1943, Page 8
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336GEOFF. LLOYD — An Appreciation New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 186, 15 January 1943, Page 8
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