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1979
A memory
We first met Graeme in 1979, after our conversion to Christianity at a Daniel Cozens Mission in Newburn, on the outskirts of Newcastle. Graeme befriended us and nurtured our new Christian faith through a combination of his zany sense of humour, crazy ideas and absolute loving kindness. Who can forget the time he set…
1980
A memory
So many!
Graeme used to cycle over to The Rectory in Coton when he was at Uni. He came regularly and we loved it. He would drape himself over a chair, he never sat properly! - and join in with our family life. He endeared himself to us all and then became Godfather to our youngest (Mary). He used to write her…
1981
1982
1983
1984
Graeme and Jan married
Moved into their first house
Shortly after the wedding.
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
A memory · December
We have a Pringle family tradition - "Tree Day". It is the day we put up the Christmas tree, decorate the house, eat pancakes, open Tree Day presents, and argue about the correct tempo to set the pulsing Christmas tree lights! Nowadays we have an artificial tree - topped with the traditional Christmas Dalek, but for…
1991
A memory · March
A card given to Mum after Jen was born.
A memory
Did you know that Graeme worked on the production of Cadbury's Roses?!
As a Systems and Controls Engineer he specialised in designing and calibrating machines which monitored and controlled the temperature of fluids - a skill he continued to find a use for as a vicar, as he'd often tinker with the calibration of…
1992
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Dad had to travel abroad, often for weeks at a time, when working as an Engineer. In the early 90s communication overseas was a bit trickier; there was no Zoom yet! The distance made family life trickier, and so after a few of these trips Dad got agreement from his work to stop doing the foreign travel... However in…
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For many years, we used to holiday with our good friends Andy and Barbara and their children Joe and Sam.
We had some great holidays in England and abroad.
This picture is from one of our earlier ones.A memory
When I was very young, Dad got me interested in mazes. He taught me the "left hand rule" for solving [simply connected] mazes, but he also taught me his approach to designing mazes so that they are interesting for people to solve. Whenever we went to a beach, Dad would disappear for 20 minutes to sketch out a gigantic…
1993
1994
Curate of St Bartholomew's, Binley
Many of his sermons from these years are in the sermon archive.
1995
A memory
My early love of maths definitely came from Mum, but it was Dad who introduced me to coding. He patiently built this mental arithmetic game - Rockets - in BASIC with me, explaining how everything worked. I found the source code in a drawer this week, and have asked Opus 5.5 to port it to JavaScript, so you can play it…
1996
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I can't remember the exact year but it must have been during the 1990s when I was working at St Bartholomew's CE Primary School. I worked with Jan & also knew Graeme as parents. I taught Chris in years 3 & 4 and later Emily in years 5 & 6.
Whilst working in years 3 &4, there was always the annual residential trip to…
1997
1998
1999
Vicar of St Christopher's, Allesley Park
Many of his sermons from these years are in the sermon archive.
A memory
Graeme christened my youngest child, and helped me explore god and get to know him more.
2000
2001
A memory · September
Where can we start - 25 years ago this week we were lucky to have Graeme
lead the prayers at our wedding and he led us by example through his and Janet’s marriage. Graeme and I both married into the Cloughs - but on Eva and Arthurs’s passing he was a huge part of making sure we stayed connected as a family - the…A memory
I was Graeme's first ever curate at St Christopher's. He treated me as an equal even though I had lots to learn. We were very different but I always remember how he used our varying gifts to make more together than we could as individuals. He was relentlessly kind and when I needed some time off for depression he…
2002
2003
A memory · January
In 2003, I remember Dad gathering the family to let me know that they'd all been in talks and agreed it was time to let me get a cat (which I'd been asking for since I could talk). It was the best news ever. Me and Dad would go each week to the RSPCA to see if there were any kittens available and one week, we found…
A memory · September
When Graeme travelled to Warwick Hospital on the morning of Friday 12th September 2003 to Baptise our very early born daughter Cara. Having me suggesting he used a syringe to squirt her, he suggested a teaspoon may be more appropriate.
She grown to continue to be involved in the music of St Christopher's, often seen…
2005
2006
2007
A memory · December
Dad is pictured here in his usual spot at his parents' house by the fire. Given the date of this photo I suspect he is playing The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.
I have many video game related memories with Dad; from watching him play, and after many months beat, Captain Comic II: Fractured Reality in 1993...…
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I first got to know Graeme properly in 2007 when I would make regular trips across Coventry to visit Jennie.
Being relatively new on the roads (and in the days before sat nav) I had a remarkable ability to get lost! I remember one evening driving out to collect a pizza to bring back to the vicarage, only to get so…
2008
A memory
When I was Graeme's Curate, he taught me many things, not least that a Vicar couldn't be too proud and had to have a sense of humour.
2009
A memory
Whenever I think of Graham I always come back to the memory of him crawling around his living room pretending to be a cat during a game of charades when we had gone for dinner at the vicarage following my dad’s passing.
I have so many lovely memories of growing up and attending St Christopher’s Church.
2010
A memory
Graeme had the difficult task of taking on the responsibility of Communications after I had left the diocese. We shared thoughts and ideas about how things could operate. Graeme was clearly a specialist in technology, and this really helped the diocese develop its IT.
I found him to be a very gentle and gracious man.…A memory
I remember being in my first year of uni, living in halls with Jen. I must have mentioned that I wanted to figure out my budget. Next thing I know I’m sat on a Zoom call with Graeme while he kindly and very patiently talked me through the budgeting spreadsheet he’d put together for Jen. In all honesty, I didn’t have a…
2011
Communications and Projects Director for the Diocese of Coventry
Moved to Bubbenhall after taking up the role.
2012
Joined St Paul's Church
Many of his sermons from these years are in the sermon archive.
2013
2014
2015
A memory
I worked with Graeme for 8 years in the diocesan office, although I've known him for much longer, it is those years where I came to know him well. He was an unfailingly wonderful colleague. He dealt with some of the hardest things we have to face in the church and yet he was always good humoured and ready to make us…
2016
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Graeme was a wonderful colleague who I first knew as Vicar of St Christopher's and then worked with in his role as Director of Communications and Projects. So much of what he did in the latter role was foundational - the safeguarding dashboard, the revitalisation of the diocesan prayer diary and the design of a…
2017
A memory · July
This photo is of our small group which Graeme and Jan led for several years. It was taken at Jo and Chris's wedding at St Paul's in 2017. We really enjoyed being part of the Pringle small group.
2018
2019
A memory · March
Graeme was such a kind and thoughtful man – he was a leading light in safeguarding in the Diocese of Coventry and beyond. He was unflappable, encouraging and witty – knowing exactly when each of those was needed. As a team we were always proud when the wider community talked about ‘Our Graeme’.
Graeme was always…
2020
A memory · April
During the pandemic - Dad, Em and I started playing boardgames together online on boardgamearena.com and had kept doing this ever since. Dad liked to think deeply about his moves, so we played asynchronously so that he could spend hours thinking about each move!
Dad played:
Agricola: 43 games - picture of his…
A memory · July
During lockdown, I was in a bubble with Mum and Dad at one point so I was able to go and stay with them. Dad insisted on driving all the way down to Brighton to pick me up and take me back home and he took great joy in listening to the entire Hamilton soundtrack on the way - which finished exactly at the moment he…
A memory · December
On the 25th December 2020 there was a 1-day relaxation on the household mixing rules.
Dad made the hour long trip and was outside my home ready to start celebrating Christmas at 0:00 and drive my to the family home where Jan, Em and Jen were waiting. We made every minute of those permitted 24 hours count!
2021
A memory
I'm so saddened to hear of Graeme passing away. I joined 5 years ago and as such have very much been a part of the Dashboards journey. Graeme through his work with dashboards has had such a massive impact on my area of work making safeguarding much simpler for people but also giving me the tools to be able to monitor…
2022
2023
A memory · January
Graeme was my manager at the diocese from 2016 to 2023. When I first got the role in 2016 I was one year out of university and knew very little about the world of communications, Graeme was a kind and patient teacher. I really valued his ability to stay calm during comms crises - which there were a few!
During his…A memory
I wanted to share a selection of photos from his retirement doo to show how much we loved him!
The first photo - Graeme reading a letter from Bishop Christopher thanking him for all he had done.
The second photo - ‘chose your favourite Pringle’ game, organised by Anna, which he thoroughly enjoyed!
The third photo -…
2024
A memory · August
The last time I saw Graeme was at a ‘Picnic in the Park’ event in London, watching a live orchestra with singers perform various songs from musicals. Having known Jen since 2010, I’ve always enjoyed days like these where I get to be part of the Pringle tribe! A beautiful and fun memory I now get to keep is watching…
A memory · September
I worked with Graeme first in Coventry Diocese and then while we were centrally planning CofE systems. He was always kind, fair, insightful and utterly lovely. I will miss him. Ant x
2025
2026
A memory · April
In November 2025, I told Dad I'd like to start exploring options for buying a flat. Within 24 hours, he phoned me with a plan of how him and Mum were going to help make this possible. From that point on, we spoke nearly every day as he became my go-to person for every aspect of buying and he patiently talked me…
A memory · May
Dad and I always used to share a love of seafood. I remember when dad first introduced me to mussels. We were on holiday in France at the time. He told me to not look too closely at them, as that might put me off, and just focus on the taste. Thankfully it worked and I loved them!
Ever since then, dad and I have…
A memory · August
On our final night of our recent cruise holiday, we were all a bit sad about the holiday coming to an end so I asked everyone to say one thing they were looking forward to between now and Christmas. All Dad wanted to share was all the plans he'd made with each of us over the coming months. He loved nothing more than…
A memory · August
It's become a Pringle tradition to celebrate with prosecco whenever one of us comes home. We always look forward to those special moments of reuniting with one another.
This photo was taken when I came home to mum and dad's this summer the day before we set off on our family cruise. We were so excited for all the…
A memory · September
It had been a long hot summer!
A memory · September
Dad was of the view that most problems could be solved with a good spreadsheet.
Searching his laptop this morning I found 2675 Excel files!A memory
What a kind and gentle human being, and a real champion of safeguarding. His work on the Parish and Cathedral dashboards will continue to help keep people safe across the country.
Tributes
Funeral
Graeme’s funeral, a Service of Thanksgiving for his life, was held on Friday 16 October 2026 at St Paul’s Church, Leamington Spa.