He really was a fantastic Uncle to us, and a good friend to loads. "one of life's gentlemen" he was described as yesterday, very apt for this man who stood tall even though everyone was taller than him (sorry Dez, had to get that one in!).
I remember many holidays spent at thier house, left by our parents to spend time with our cousins who lived near the sea. Weeks on end, Summer, Easter, half-term and Christmas were always additional breaks from Leicester. New years Eve wasn't the same 'down South'.
My brother and I spent so long up there we came back with Geordie accents so thick that our mates didn't understand what we were saying!
Thanks Dez for the football games on the North Yorkshire Moors and on the Beach at Seaton Carew. Thanks for entertaining us with stories and those epic 'smoke rings' that I have never seen emulated by anyone else. Thanks for looking after us when we needed it and putting up with us when we didn't. Thanks for taking us to all those matches at 'The Pool' (Hartlepool Utd FC)
Thanks for being you. If there is a Heaven, say hello to my Mum please. "Hawaay lad"
God Bless You Uncle Dez, may you Rest in Peace.
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