Bob burnell
24-09 2020 19:43
wrote:
Dave Cowans was one of my oldest and dearest friends.
We grew up in Chorlton Cum Hardy Manchester. We used to hang around in Chorlton with a group of pals and went everywhere together . Dave as a young lad had a great talent for running cross country, all the rest of us no such luck !!, so we used to go events and cheer him on. when he was slacking the lads used to shout " come on , Sam pick up musket and run lad " hence Dave became Sam and everybody then called him Sammy not Dave.
We went through the Mod era in Manchester at the clubs and all nighters especially at theTwisted Wheel.
Dave was a great Pianist (well he said he was ) so wherever we went we would get him to play the hits , but he would only do it if we boned the piano, this got us thrown out of many a pub when the landlord came in and saw what Dave made us do. Dave had a lot of musical heroes but he wanted us to go to one special all nighter to see his hero Long John Baldry. Most of the lads were falling asleep by the time he came on the stage and true to form Dave (Sammy ) approached him and told him we had waited all night for him to come on stage and actually "you was CRAP", yet again another place we were thrown out from.
As you all know Dave was a great Climber "BUT NOT WHEN HE WAS A LAD " when we were 16 all the lads and Sammy (dave) went to Newquay for a holiday , we travelled through the night getting trains and buses just to make it cheaper , we arrived at 10am , nowhere to stay so went on the beach. We had Tea and bacon butties and lay on the beach. After about an hour there was a commotion on the beach , people shouting "He is going to fall " there was Dave (Sammy) up the cliff retrieving a red ball ,BUT he was stuck !!. Lifeguards were called in force trying to get him down , eventually they managed calling a specialist climber to come and put him in a harness to lower him down. he never lived it down , especially when the local paper had him on the front page being lowered.
Wherever we went visiting old relics he would always insist on signing the visitors book Giuseppe, when pushed about it his reply was "oh its the pope", he used to love climbing these old relics and hundred of year old trees just for the sheer hell of it, AGAIN getting us all in plenty of bother.
We were all and still mad Manchester City fans , and went to all the home games together and a few away games. (they are another story ) .
Dave would do anything for a laugh as a young man.
These are my fondest memories of a great man and friend who went on to do great things in his life.
Bob Burnell
Bob burnell
24-09 2020 19:43
wrote:
Dave Cowans was one of my oldest and dearest friends.
We grew up in Chorlton Cum Hardy Manchester. We used to hang around in Chorlton with a group of pals and went everywhere together . Dave as a young lad had a great talent for running cross country, all the rest of us no such luck !!, so we used to go events and cheer him on. when he was slacking the lads used to shout " come on , Sam pick up musket and run lad " hence Dave became Sam and everybody then called him Sammy not Dave.
We went through the Mod era in Manchester at the clubs and all nighters especially at theTwisted Wheel.
Dave was a great Pianist (well he said he was ) so wherever we went we would get him to play the hits , but he would only do it if we boned the piano, this got us thrown out of many a pub when the landlord came in and saw what Dave made us do. Dave had a lot of musical heroes but he wanted us to go to one special all nighter to see his hero Long John Baldry. Most of the lads were falling asleep by the time he came on the stage and true to form Dave (Sammy ) approached him and told him we had waited all night for him to come on stage and actually "you was CRAP", yet again another place we were thrown out from.
As you all know Dave was a great Climber "BUT NOT WHEN HE WAS A LAD " when we were 16 all the lads and Sammy (dave) went to Newquay for a holiday , we travelled through the night getting trains and buses just to make it cheaper , we arrived at 10am , nowhere to stay so went on the beach. We had Tea and bacon butties and lay on the beach. After about an hour there was a commotion on the beach , people shouting "He is going to fall " there was Dave (Sammy) up the cliff retrieving a red ball ,BUT he was stuck !!. Lifeguards were called in force trying to get him down , eventually they managed calling a specialist climber to come and put him in a harness to lower him down. he never lived it down , especially when the local paper had him on the front page being lowered.
Wherever we went visiting old relics he would always insist on signing the visitors book Giuseppe, when pushed about it his reply was "oh its the pope", he used to love climbing these old relics and hundred of year old trees just for the sheer hell of it, AGAIN getting us all in plenty of bother.
We were all and still mad Manchester City fans , and went to all the home games together and a few away games. (they are another story ) .
Dave would do anything for a laugh as a young man.
These are my fondest memories of a great man and friend who went on to do great things in his life.
Bob Burnell
