Really sorry to hear this news, best wishes to Padraig's family. RIP
Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Dec 2013, at 18:45, "Guy Thornton" <guy.thorn...@inter.nl.net> wrote: > > Thanks James for the news sad though it is. > > James had let me know the news about Padraig a couple of months ago and I've > been back in touch with > him since then not having heard from him for a while - now I knew why. > > A good lad was Padraig. I've got a Dublin supporters club polo he gave me > when a group of them came > over to Amsterdam for an Irish game and I took them round. Apart from Leeds > we also shared a passion > for cycling and Le Tour. He was an active contributed in the tour/cycling > list a group of us started some > time ago where he was know as the Peleton Paddy. > > Considering this had been going on some time, since at last early 2006, he > looked remarkably well. It did > look like treatment had worked but last year was told it had metastasised and > then, earlier this year, that it > was active. Even though it was expected the news is still a shock. Now I know > why I hadn't had a reply to > my last mail. > > Padraig, we'll miss you > guy > > > On 16 Dec 2013 at 9:35, James A. Lundon @ Yahoo! wrote: > > Folks, > > Many of the older people on the list will remember Padraig well - > a Dublin White of 40+ years standing. He appeared on the list > with a bang in late-94/early-95 - would need to check but am > fairly sure. > > He was a beacon of light hereabouts for many years after that. > > He first got cancer about 7 years ago, got a clean bill of > health, and went on his merry way for another 5.5 years. It came > back into his life 18 months ago but was well for a year after > that again. It got aggressive in the last 6 months and the > prognosis was not good; so much so that the end came, as his > sister says below, very quickly! > > May the man rest easy now, though he was very sanguine about it > when I spoke to him about five weeks ago and through a chain of > e-mail I received from him right up to a few days ago. > > Our win at Donny will have sent him on his way a little happier > than a draw or defeat would have :-). > > James. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
