Off Topic Richard... Urchin funeral

[purple haze]

For anyone in the classic panda section wishing to attend Richards funeral please read the following carefully...

It would be good to arrange a meeting point and drive in convoy.

PLEASE PM ME WITH YOUR INTENTION TO ATTEND.

I will then have an idea of numbers and will sort where the meeting place will be.

Any of you local to each other can phone or pm to meet and drive to the location together...I will leave that part to you.

Do not use this thread to reply... Thanks Kevin.

 

[dave]

Not sure if i can make it or not yet, Ivor can't go hes resting on a sorn for the winter.

Is anyone else near me going up?

 

[dave]

just pushing the thread up to the top incase anyone has missed it

 

[purple haze]

Not sure where "under your bed" is Dave? I'm sure you would get a lift if someone's passing..

 

[purple haze]

Bump.... Dave where do you live?

 

[dave]

just off the A12 between ipswich and colchester, had an offer but was from a member traveling from the top down, bit late to arrange any thing now, them that are near me haven't contacted me so i guess they can't make it either, but we will be there in spirit.

 

[purple haze]

I'm heading from Berkshire.. Towards Oxford...so I wouldn't been able to help either...

 

[Dragon Man]

i had a dive to get my bearings on the location of the meeting place, its localish to me and i do know the road just not the building numbers..
one thing i thought i should let you all know, along the same stretch of road theres 3 buildings with the same number.

i think.. i am getting it right when i say its the one in the middle.
well.. if you see a green 4x4 with blue doors and it looks lost, you will know its me.
i must admit though, i am kinda hoping that i will find other pandas parked up and know where to go.

 

[the stig/130]

when and where is the funeral please.

 

[dombooth]

Bramcote Cremitorium in 5 minutes.

Dom

 

[urchin]

hi there guys thanks for attending today many thanks paula xxx

 

[VmanC]

Hi Paula,

Naturally it was a difficult day for everyone, but particularly for you and your family. Barbara and I thought you coped brilliantly and we thank you for making us feel so welcome. I'm sure Richard would have been proud of the turnout and how the whole day went.

As you know, I took a couple of pictures outside the house to give those that couldn't make it an idea of the cars that made up the procession, if there are no objections I will post them in a day or so.

Our thoughts and good wishes will be with you in the difficult days ahead, so please keep posting and letting us know how you are.

Best wishes, Vernon and Barbara.

 

[VmanC]

Hi Paula,

Naturally it was a difficult day for everyone, but particularly for you and your family. Barbara and I thought you coped brilliantly and we thank you for making us feel so welcome. I'm sure Richard would have been proud of the turnout and how the whole day went.

As you know, I took a couple of pictures outside the house to give those that couldn't make it an idea of the cars that made up the procession, if there are no objections I will post them in a day or so.

Our thoughts and good wishes will be with you in the difficult days ahead, so please keep posting and letting us know how you are.

Best wishes, Vernon and Barbara.

Ok, here's the few pictures I have.

There wasn't really much of an opportunity to take many, these are outside Richard and Paula's house while we were waiting for the hearse........







The procession was made up of the hearse, Paula in Richard's grey 4x4, other family members, then the classic Panda's (6 I believe), a Mk3 Panda, Fiat multipla's, a Stilo. There may have been others after this and I may not have the order exactly right but that is pretty close.

I'm sure that all those that saw the procession were left in no doubt that here was someone who loved cars, and Fiats in particular.

After the service we went back to a pub near the house. Here are a couple more (poor light now I'm afraid) in the pub carpark.......





You'd think they'd never seen an engine before!

Thank you again Paula for making us so welcome.

 

[Dragon Man]

see.. my doors do match! its just the poor light conditions

a good caption for the bottom picture (of my car ):

"And if you look real closely.. you can just see the engine"

shame you didnt get a picture of it when it was "all lit up" hehe.

 

[pooroldcodger]

Well done guys for attending. You did the rest of us proud.
Lovely to see that even at a funeral, when nobody knows quite what to do or say, 4 blokes managed to study an Panda engine bay ! Fantastic. It's what makes us types special.

 

[urchin]

ahh thanks was nice to meet you both and thanks for coming

xxx