John Grimley
15-02 2020 11:50
schreef:
John was a great guy, who loved his food and cars.
Memories of him that stand out are -
The days before Easter, when he found the children’s Easter eggs, (the ones that Ann had hidden), ate all of them and left the empty wrappers and boxes!
Whilst staying with him in the IOM we ordered and collected a Chinese takeaway for eight people, (there were four of us). He assured me we needed that much as we could have the rest the next day. He beat us all to it by getting up at 2 a.m and finishing it all off!
Cooking late night kippers, squeezed into a confined galley on a Norfolk Broads boating holiday and serving us his offering with the top half of his T shirt and his face and hair well splattered with kipper oil!
He was the man who had a new front lawn laid with turf at his first home and then went on holiday for two weeks. The hot sun and lack of water did their job and the effect was unique, just as if someone had laid two hundred pieces of toast, evenly spaced with a foot gap between each slice!
Aged about eighteen he had a little Fiat 500. One wet evening on the way to the Crown at Tur Langton for a couple of ciders, he surprised a couple, who stepped out unexpectedly on a zebra crossing by emergency braking and pirouetting his way towards them ending up going backwards across the crossing.
Scattering his Dad’s ashes at sea but not checking the wind direction and consequently covering himself and the deck of the boat with the deceased ashes!
John Briggs, top bloke, I hope that they have warned heaven that you are on your way!!
Fond memories
John and Beverly
John Grimley
15-02 2020 11:50
schreef:
John was a great guy, who loved his food and cars.
Memories of him that stand out are -
The days before Easter, when he found the children’s Easter eggs, (the ones that Ann had hidden), ate all of them and left the empty wrappers and boxes!
Whilst staying with him in the IOM we ordered and collected a Chinese takeaway for eight people, (there were four of us). He assured me we needed that much as we could have the rest the next day. He beat us all to it by getting up at 2 a.m and finishing it all off!
Cooking late night kippers, squeezed into a confined galley on a Norfolk Broads boating holiday and serving us his offering with the top half of his T shirt and his face and hair well splattered with kipper oil!
He was the man who had a new front lawn laid with turf at his first home and then went on holiday for two weeks. The hot sun and lack of water did their job and the effect was unique, just as if someone had laid two hundred pieces of toast, evenly spaced with a foot gap between each slice!
Aged about eighteen he had a little Fiat 500. One wet evening on the way to the Crown at Tur Langton for a couple of ciders, he surprised a couple, who stepped out unexpectedly on a zebra crossing by emergency braking and pirouetting his way towards them ending up going backwards across the crossing.
Scattering his Dad’s ashes at sea but not checking the wind direction and consequently covering himself and the deck of the boat with the deceased ashes!
John Briggs, top bloke, I hope that they have warned heaven that you are on your way!!
Fond memories
John and Beverly
