20 minutes ago, Lemondropkid said:

Absolutely true mate. Jacko(Paul Jackson) in the obit sunk his whole life into supporting live music and new artists.

He never made it beyond skint and it's only getting worse.

The record companies are a disgrace, made millions from artists but what do they put back ?

I love cover bands, but again going back to Jacko he wanted to support new talent, and pretty much subsided their development, and hence is a local hero in the Hull/.East Yorkshire music scene.

A life well lived, R.I.P Jacko

Yeah, sounds like a proper top fella.

RIP Jacko.

 

On 3/28/2026 at 12:39 AM, forcebwithu said:

I thought I had posted the following here, but don't see the post from last Sunday. Looks like the FB link is now private. The FB post had more pics and video of the Thai bathing ceremony for Dave.

RIP Dave

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Canterburytalesguesthouse/posts/25919544961071841/

I've been off the forum for the last 9 days so missed this sad event.

Dave was one of the nicest and humourous guys I've ever met. Always up for an interesting chat with a few jokes and some interesting anecdotes. I remember when Canterbury Tales was on pothole in the early days, and the regulars would watch guys going into the massage joints opposite, sometimes giving a round of applause when they came out.

The first time I was the recipient of one such round of applause and went on over, had a great afternoon with Dave, and asked him is the lads could give me a standing ovation the same time tomorrow, but not him obviously. He took it in the good humour which it was intended, and the following day after my rub and tug, I came out to an ovation and Dave had a bloody klaxon which he must have purloined from an Air Raid warden!.

RIP Dave, you'll be missed by many.

19 hours ago, nadia said:

just read the bert elson (from tropical berts ) has passed funeral is monday the 6th at 3pm @ boon...... sala 3 

No way this is happening, first Dave now Bert, OMG…In 2008 during my first trip, I stumbled into Corner Bar on Soi 6, was looking to change hotels(pre-smartphone era, information wasn’t available like now).One of the punters said “ oh mate we have a room for you right here”, grabs one of my suitcases, heads across the soi to Bert’s….was totally by accident!
 

Ended up staying 3-4 nights, really enjoyed it. Cheap spacious room, only thing was (again newbie not knowing better),the after-hours entrance to your room could only be done by 6/1, well I came back pissed a couple nights,  and was a little scared of the 6’ tall ladyboys who propositioned me, they could be quite aggressive. And coming from Beach Road was way worse, obviously , Bert’s was on the corner of 2nd Road

The only time we really chatted was my check-in, I remember he was very protective of his wife and staff. One second he was like “welcome to Pattaya mate, you’re really going to have fun”, then when I was curious(as a newbie) if his waitress was “available”, his tone immediately changed “don’t even think about mate” 😂😂😂

RIP Bert

Pattaya is poorer for the recent deaths of Clive, Dave and now Bert.

RIP Gentlemen.

Lovely voice and elder sister to Enya. RIP. 

 

28 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

Lovely voice and elder sister to Enya. RIP. 

 

What a haunting voice ... Harry's Game ..

Nightmares incoming tonight ...

Ray Matti has died a long time Pattaya resident and golfer . funeral on the 24h of April at 2.30 South Pattaya wat

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger aged 48 after his car was hit by a train on a level crossing.

RIP

A picture from the crash scene.

Sad to see Andy Kershaw has passed,liked him when he presented The Old Grey Whistle Test.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9qprx2ljlo

28 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

66 ?? I oddly expected him to be 36 !!

Life is flying by .. RIP young man ...

 Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt gone at 68, and Garrett Anderson of Anaheim Angels gone at only 53….both reportedly heart attacks…RIP

@Yessongs pretty shocking eh ? I remember Garrett very well, had some awesome years, just shy of HOF numbers IMO

 

On 4/17/2026 at 12:49 PM, galenkia said:

A picture from the crash scene.

At the risk of being morbid did he commit suicide ? I say that due to position of car,  RIP 

1 hour ago, JeffroBean said:

At the risk of being morbid did he commit suicide ? I say that due to position of car,  RIP 

I was thinking the same thing.

A lot of ex sports players struggle with life after retirement, and many have committed suicide.

I read a book once about a German goalkeeper who took his life the same way. He was Robert Enke, 32 years old and stood in front of an approaching train. He had lost his daughter to heart problems.

The problem today is that you have too many whiny teenagers going on about mental health when they are just normal issues, yet the people who genuinely need help don’t get it.

2 hours ago, JeffroBean said:

At the risk of being morbid did he commit suicide ? I say that due to position of car,  RIP 

I reckon it would be left hand drive ........  which is the door open. If it was "intentional" then it would be the other war round ....

6 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

I reckon it would be left hand drive ........  which is the door open. If it was "intentional" then it would be the other war round ....

It was on a level crossing apparently and shunted the car 100 yards up the road.

I must admit I thought it might have been suicide, but having worked on the Railway, I can tell you that trains are actually very quiet when moving towards you, either slowly or at speed - the noise you hear is the sound of the stock on the track as it passes you, and with continuously welded track, there's no longer the "clackety clack" we used to hear years ago. An approaching passenger unit like the one in the pic is going to be without engine noise as they're electric as well.

Not wanting to speculate but maybe he got on the Xing, stalled or had car trouble and then the train came out of nowhere.

1 hour ago, Butch said:

It was on a level crossing apparently and shunted the car 100 yards up the road.

I must admit I thought it might have been suicide, but having worked on the Railway, I can tell you that trains are actually very quiet when moving towards you, either slowly or at speed - the noise you hear is the sound of the stock on the track as it passes you, and with continuously welded track, there's no longer the "clackety clack" we used to hear years ago. An approaching passenger unit like the one in the pic is going to be without engine noise as they're electric as well.

Not wanting to speculate but maybe he got on the Xing, stalled or had car trouble and then the train came out of nowhere.

My thoughts were Austria would have lots of H&S ?

9 hours ago, Butch said:

It was on a level crossing apparently and shunted the car 100 yards up the road.

I must admit I thought it might have been suicide, but having worked on the Railway, I can tell you that trains are actually very quiet when moving towards you, either slowly or at speed - the noise you hear is the sound of the stock on the track as it passes you, and with continuously welded track, there's no longer the "clackety clack" we used to hear years ago. An approaching passenger unit like the one in the pic is going to be without engine noise as they're electric as well.

Not wanting to speculate but maybe he got on the Xing, stalled or had car trouble and then the train came out of nowhere.

I expect though that trains are required to announce their approach to a level crossing with blast of their horn well in advance of the crossing.

But like you pointed out, car trouble at the worst possible moment isn't going to be helped by blasts from a horn.

Zoologist, author and TV presenter Desmond Morris dies at 98.

https://bbc.com/news/articles/c51y797v200o

19 hours ago, Aqualung said:

Zoologist, author and TV presenter Desmond Morris dies at 98.

https://bbc.com/news/articles/c51y797v200o

A man with such great intelligence and understanding. I read "Manwatching" about 3 times over the years and it offered an incredible outlook on life and human behaviour.

If you've not read it, or even glossed over it then it is cheap on ebay and well worth a read.

alan osmond died 

3 hours ago, nadia said:

alan osmond died 

"Alan is survived by his wife Suzanne, their eight sons, 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren, and his siblings, Virl, Tom, Merrill, Jay, Donny, Jimmy, and Marie." ...

Dave Mason,founding member of the wonderful group Traffic has gone at 78.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mason

He also did a lot of session work for some brilliant artists & had a very successful solo career.

Besides that he did a lot of charity work.

RIP