John Morrison | Legacy Life Reflections — On the Golf Course of Life! Family, Golf, and the Art of Asking (& did we mention Golf?!)

In this special Legacy Life Reflections episode, Chris Grimes welcomes John Morrison — with his family gathered in the room to bear witness! From the terrace of Henbury Golf Club, his "clearing" of 38 years, John traces a full and generous life: a strict, loving mother who called her children "the jewels in her crown of life"; a working life that ran from PE teacher to trusted financial adviser across 42 years; and the firm he built and has since passed to his sons, Dave and Andrew.

He pays a moving tribute to his brother Bobby, who lived with Down's syndrome and, in John's words, was "a totally fulfilled human being." He celebrates a lifetime of music — from Elton John and George Michael to a deep love of Lindisfarne — and reflects, with real emotion, on a family that sticks together in the face of loss. Warm, funny and deeply human.

In this episode:

- 38 years at Henbury Golf Club, captaincy in 2015, and life as a category-one golfer

- His mother, the matriarch who steered him into teaching — and "the jewels in her crown of life"

- A 42-year working life: seven and a half years as a PE teacher, then 35 in financial advice

- Teaching in Watford, a few doors from a young George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley

- An honorary degree, decades on, from the University of Gloucestershire (the old St Paul's College)

- A heartfelt tribute to his brother Bobby

- A life in music: Elton John, George Michael, 10cc and Lindisfarne

- Love and loss in the family, and the daughters-in-law who "make their own luck"

- The sales lesson that became a life motto: "Until you ask the question, the answer is always no"