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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    I'm sorry to hear that? Anyone close?
    Ex BiL. Irish won. Lovely man. Taught me to play football and to drum.

    Lifelong navvy and drunk. The classic Irishman in UK scenario in the 70s - would work on the building site all week, collect his wages on Friday afternoon, exchange the whole lot for Guinness and stagger home to piss in the wardrobe. wd Sons of eireann. wd jb.

    Everyone loved him, natch. Even my sister.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Ex BiL. Irish won. Lovely man. Taught me to play football and to drum.

    Lifelong navvy and drunk. The classic Irishman in UK scenario in the 70s - would work on the building site all week, collect his wages on Friday afternoon, exchange the whole lot for Guinness and stagger home to piss in the wardrobe. wd Sons of eireann. wd jb.

    Everyone loved him, natch. Even my sister.
    I'm sorry. Was it the drink that got him?

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    I'm sorry. Was it the drink that got him?
    Oh I don't suppose it's your fault, b.

    The drink, the fags, the general squalor, I suppose. He had various ailments and eventually the pneumonia took him, I think.

    When I was a kid we'd go and watch him play drums in Johnny Barrett's band. Now there was a bloke who could sing! Johnny Barrett... I must check if he's on Spotify.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Oh I don't suppose it's your fault, b.

    The drink, the fags, the general squalor, I suppose. He had various ailments and eventually the pneumonia took him, I think.

    When I was a kid we'd go and watch him play drums in Johnny Barrett's band. Now there was a bloke who could sing! Johnny Barrett... I must check if he's on Spotify.
    Is the funeral over here or in Ireland?

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Is the funeral over here or in Ireland?
    It's here, happily. I'm not sure I'll ever be tempted to schlepp to Ireland for another funeral. Done that far too many times.

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