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Sorry for your loss mate. He was a top man.Hi mate. Different spelling. Uncle Ray is Heslop. You could be thinking of Ian Hislop.
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Sorry for your loss mate. He was a top man.Hi mate. Different spelling. Uncle Ray is Heslop. You could be thinking of Ian Hislop.
I knew your uncle a true and loyal friend and Sunderland supporter RIP.For those who knew Uncle Ray, and those who knew of him, thank you for all your lovely words.
I managed to get to see him at home for the first time since before lockdown the other weekend. He wasn't well but perked up when I wanted to know the score of the Blackpool -Lincoln playoff final.TV on and he forgot his woes for a while. Typical of him really.
Think he hung on for his 60th wedding anniversary last week, to Auntie June, then got an infection on top of his Chemo when he was too weak to fight it off.
As a young lad he got polio really badly and it was touch and go. His big sisters mates promised to take him to the match if he got better and that was a spur to recovery. He's hardly missed a match in 70 odd years.
He talked about Charlie Hurley being his favourite all time player.
Next Wednesday its fitting to say he isn't having a church service, but the plan (up to now) is for the hearse to pass the SoL, as Sunderland was his religion.
RIP Uncle Raymond. Thanks for all the great memories and stories.
I played for the One A as well, when they were ran by Ronnie and RayRIP Ray
I've loads of stories about the man.
Firstly from the days if the "one A cafe" football team in the shields league, to many away game after he left the Travel club to join safcsa.
A huge man who you could look up to.
Sunderland Afc has lost one of its finest.
God bless you june and Jean.
RIP Ray.
Someone should post a picture. I'm not sure I knew Ray, but it would nice to put a face to him.
Yes I think it's the same family on my grandmothers side.I remember years ago me and my wife got talking to him at the match and I explained to her who he was and she said I looked like him.Im afraid i dont know the geography of the north east well enough to know if boldon colliery is near south shields? its just the ian heslop i know is a Mag, and all his family are Mags except one brother,....but they are south shields i think/?
Yes definitely Heslop my grandmother was his aunt & he was my mother's cousin from the Washington area.Ah. His brother was Edward (my dad).
People through my life have confused surnames