Tony was highly professional, very clear in what he was communicating to pilots, and absolutly 'kept you in the picture'. A typical transmission to a light aircraft holding for a gap to get into EGCC would be "G-AB, I have not forgotten you, I will get you in just as soon as I can". And you knew he would.
But he didn't take prisoners with the less than competant, either. I remember him at a Barton show asking a C172 driver if he was happy to taxi through a restricted gap past a parked aircraft on the apron. "Roger" came the reply from Mr Cessna. "Is your roger an Affirmative?" (that dates it), replied Tony.
There used to be another contoller at EGCC back then whose name I don't know, but he had a very laid-back RT style. A typical transmission of his to me, returning in a light aircraft one Sunday evening, was "Tango Sierra.... your traffic is a Trident on a six mile final. When you see 'im, ....nip in behind 'im".
Those were the days!
SSD