Well done James and Nigel. Just one of the many reasons I love the List. This really shows it's more than a mere email list, true friendships have grown from humble beginnings. I remember my wife warning me not to meet people you'd met on the internet back in the 90's when I was going to my first List meet...maybe she knew Thirkers! :-)
RIP PO'C AndyE Waringstown Whites On 18 December 2013 12:27, Nigel Sykes <ni...@sykesonline.com> wrote: > Well done James. > > I attended the ceremony at the church. It was a very big turn out - > literally standing room only. It was testament to the man's generosity of > spirit and to his fellow man. > > Listers will be touched to hear that amongst several items placed on a > table > at the front, to represent the important things in Padraig's life, were a > Leeds United shirt and a charger cable for a laptop, which I think are > particularly poignant in our little sphere of contact. 'We' were also > mentioned by his family when they spoke, and there was even a prayer read > out to all people in supporters groups - Padraig was also active on other > Internet groups, to do with his charity cycling activities etc. > > It was a moving ceremony, and I was happy to be there to help represent the > List. > > Padraig was a top bloke, and he will clearly be missed by many... > > Nigel > (the Dublin one) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] > On > Behalf Of James A. Lundon @ Yahoo! > Sent: 18 December 2013 11:44 > To: LeedsList > Subject: [LU] PO'C Removal > > List Folks, > > I made it up to the removal last night near Dun Laoghaire but missed the > funeral home part as I got lost en route - I don't > > go to Dublin that often and the place has changed a lot since > > I worked up there over 25 years ago. > > I made my way back to PO'C's home though, and was invited in where I spent > the guts of an hour trying to explain what mailing lists, list meets, > MOALMs, Adelphi/Britannia pub crawls were all about. > > His wife, kids and Brid were really appreciative of the efforts I made to > be > there and passed along their best regards to all of you. > > We did our bit! > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
