My deceased uncle Tony
I would just like to point out that, for a while now I was never quite sure how my uncle Tony died at 23 years old, before I even met him. I assumed, knowing the basics (and being told them when a lot younger), that he was drunk when he fell over a wall and hit his head on the pavement, cracking his skull open. I have rediscovered tonight that it was because he was being sensible, i.e. not drinking and driving, that he got the train home from a party in Wimbledon, very sober, and went the shortcut way home from Cheam station, i.e. over the wall, and slipped and fell, and thus cracked his skull on the pavement...went into a coma... didn't recover etc etc.
I simply wanted to write this to anyone whom I may have said that he was drunk whilst this incident occured. As this is not true, and I now feel even more upset that he never got to live... cos to be honest, he sounds like he would have been the best uncle I could have ever had! But unfortunately it was not to be!
That is all.
Rest in Peace, Tony Radburn, Uncle I Never Had
xxx
I simply wanted to write this to anyone whom I may have said that he was drunk whilst this incident occured. As this is not true, and I now feel even more upset that he never got to live... cos to be honest, he sounds like he would have been the best uncle I could have ever had! But unfortunately it was not to be!
That is all.
Rest in Peace, Tony Radburn, Uncle I Never Had
xxx