Giles 30th October 2017

Dear Mrs Darley I just wanted to say I was sorry, Sorry that you are gone, we miss you! your energy, your love of life and your laugh. Sorry, I wasn’t a very good adopted son. Sorry we used your home as a Hotel, .. days on end, camping out our teenage years in your lounge. Sorry, it was me, who used to steal those vanilla cup-cakes, that you so carefully used hide in the top cupboard above the fridge. You taught us … How to get back on the horse when we fell off, and not to go to sleep until the grudge was forgiven! And you tried to teach us … The Swing… the Jive … and the Jitterbug, Sorry we such a drag …. If only I could show my kids today! Sorry Jean, that you lost your man. Derek and you two made a hell of a partnership, and are the best couple that I know, from making 60’s big hair cool, to finding the best in everyone, and then inviting them all over for Christmas. “Its like Victoria Station on a Bank Holidey Mundy” You used to say. You really did live your life in the fast lane, Honestly? … I think me, Paul and the rest of us, just couldn’t keep up! We are sorry … you won’t be here to lead the way, sing that musical, give us a lift to the party … or start one when we all didn’t know what else to do. You also used to say “Stop the world I want to get off!” Well I guess it has stopped, and you got off … down here at least. But you know, I can’t see you looking down on us, looking back! You and Derek will in the middle of it … somewhere up there, And heaven will be a better place for you in it. Although, it won’t be quiet. So this is for you! Always look on the bright side of life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo