By Elizabeth Benwell
The towering and immensely widespread determine within the equestrian and saddlery trades died on 8 November aged 79.
Throughout 50 years within the business, Peter served as president of The Society of Grasp Saddlers (SMS), chairman of the British Equestrian Commerce Affiliation (BETA) and grasp of The Worshipful Firm of Saddlers.
He was a profitable equestrian retailer, extremely expert saddler and saddle fitter, a mentor to many apprentices – and a gentleman.
Peter was the proprietor of main West Nation-based retailer Pointings Saddlery. Pointings was initially based mostly in Monmouth Road, Bathtub, transferring to Blathwayt Stables in Lansdown close to Bathtub the place it remained for twenty-four years.
When he closed the store on the finish of 2018, Peter arrange saddle-fitting and consultancy service, Peter Lewis Saddles.
Peter was a BETA council member for a few years and elected the commerce affiliation’s chairman for 2003/4.
Amongst his notable achievements was to steer the event of the saddle-fitting course run by BETA and the SMS. He was additionally an advocate of selling the BETA brand – and the dependable repute of its member companies – to equestrian shoppers.
“Peter was a beautiful man with an enormous information of our business,” mentioned Claire Williams, government director of BETA.
“He was a tireless supporter of BETA’s work. Throughout his chairmanship, he endeavoured to make the commerce affiliation extra relatable and accessible to the using public. His legacy continues to at the present time.”
Peter was a extremely revered and long-standing member of the SMS. He sat on the manager committee for a few years, firstly representing the retail commerce, and was elected president in 1988. In later years he served as The Worshipful Firm of Saddlers’ consultant on the committee.
“Peter was an enormous determine within the SMS for a lot of, a few years,” mentioned SMS CEO Hazel Morley. “He was a giant help to me once I took over the position of CEO from Tony Russell, and everybody on the committee discovered his regular and reasoned recommendation of immense worth.
“Peter is somebody that you simply at all times listened to and had the utmost respect for.”
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