Christine Louise Walsh (13 Oct 1949 - 1 Jan 2022)

I am very sorry to hear that Christine has passed away. I first met Christine when studying ancient Greek on weekend courses in Cambridge. She was always very kind and warm to me and we had such interesting conversations. We used to meet up from time to time after the courses had finished for socials and a bit of language work and later on she used to invite me to her Christmas parties and we also met up for coffees and chats. She gave me a lot of encouragement, insight and inspiration for which I am very grateful. I will miss her very much. My thoughts are with her close family.

The comments say it all - Christine was universally admired, trusted, respected and really liked. She was the best of us all at the BC and it was a privilege to work with her.

As Margaret Wookey has written "...the same with everyone"- a sentiment shared by several others on this site. Christine was quite simply straightforward, steadfast and a splendid person

With love from Janet, Alison, and Suzanne.

I met Chris in the summer of 2011, on my first trip to visit Tash. She was always so very kind, and we always found interesting things to talk about. I will miss her immensely. My love to Maggi and Tash.

Lovely Christine, we will miss you. Mel and Jane

In memory of a very professional and kind colleague, and brave woman - Jenny (Pugsley)

We will miss your parties and your good humour.

To a lovely freind chris ,in the tine i was lucky enough to have known her ,i can honestly say she was the most selfliss ,brave kindess person i have ever known ,she was there for je through some very tough times i had ,and we spent many moments sitting looking at photos and talking about her travels which i found fasinating ,we also spent many days having a laugh ,an amazing lady who will be in my memory forever ,and never be forgotton rip chris xx

Christine was a colleague who made the British Council worth working for: steadfast,funny, able and the same with everyone. We were all the better for knowing her.

Christine was the sort of person you could rely on as a friend and colleague. For me this was particularly the case when she successfully delivered the personal aspects of the complex staff move to Manchester in the early 1990s.

In loving memory of a wonderful friend. Rest in peace Christine.

In memory of Christine - such a wonderful colleague. Mark and Rachel Hewitt

In memory of a dear colleague whose professionalism and wry sense of humour are greatly missed

Chris was a dear colleague and friend. She knew the British Council very thoroughly and was always a source of sound advice and good sense. I enjoyed working with her in Management Services Department and on the Council's move to Manchester. 1 admired her work on medieval history, She will be missed.

In memory of a dear friend

In memory of a dear and respected colleague and good friend.

Christine Walsh, R.I.P.

Long ago, Chris was Chair TUS in a staff meeting about some strongly felt matter. I knew that we were on opposite sides of the debate, and I knew her own opinion. The voting was even, and she gave her casting vote against her own opinion. She reasoned that things were so finely balanced that the status quo ante should prevail. It was a very honourable thing to do – typical of her, as I came to realise.

At a later time we worked closely together (Manchester Building), and became very good friends. (When she emerged from one tricky personnel meeting, I asked her if she’d given it all away. “Nah,” she smiled. “Gave it all away a long time ago.”)

She also made a nice stopping-off point on my travels from London to points north; and we often ate together, sometimes together with my partner (who loved her sexy Roman artefacts from north Africa).

She will be sadly missed, by many people and for many reasons.

I worked with Christine several times over many years in the British Council. Her humanity, intelligence and professionalism shone out- she was a wonderful colleague.

I am very sorry to learn that Christine has died. I knew her on and off at the British Council for many years and last worked with her on the FABS programme when she was Programme Manager. She was fair minded and supportive, a colleague you could trust who treated us all, at every level, with respect and consideration. Thoughts are with her family and close friends.

Felt very sad to learn that Christine had passed away. We joined Management Group together in August 1983. Christine was a staff inspector. I was clerical support in the OandM section. I remember her to be a very straight forward person and treated everybody the same. Christine respected everybody and always had time for them. Christine was a clever person yet got her point across simply and treated people equally. We enjoyed friendly banter with each
other as Christine started work at ten and I started at eight. It
was always amusing whenever she made it in before me. She was good
Company at "team lunch" as neither of us liked cheese so we both ended up eating spaghetti. Her motto that people treat you as you treat them has held good for me too. I will always grateful for that. Goodbye Christine.

Christine and I met in Stratford Labour Party ages ago - always thought of her as a very kind and generous friend with a heart of gold - helped me through some very tough times. Loved by everyone who knew her - and that's as much as anyone can hope for, isn't it.