My brother, Tim Briggs, who has died aged 62 following a short illness, lived a full and busy life as a librarian, teacher and musician. He performed in, and often directed, countless musical events and shows.
Born in Solihull, West Midlands, Tim was the eldest child of Helen (nee Fryer) and Dennis Briggs, both teachers from working-class backgrounds. With our sister, Mary, we were brought up among books and encouraged academically and musically. In the early 1960s we moved to Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, where our father taught at a teacher training college, but were often at our maternal grandparents’ home in Painswick, a Gloucestershire town that Tim loved all his life.
