Obituary: Bryan Jackson (2)

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DAVID BILLINGTON

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Mar 20, 2012, 8:06:28 PM3/20/12

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Dear Members,

Two weeks ago I informed you of the passing of William Bryan Jackson (Thornley, 1942-1947), but I didn't have many details. His date of passing was 1st March 2012, and the Funeral Service was held in his hometown of St Etienne de Gourgas on 6th March.

Bryan was a larger-than-life character who had previously been the Chairman of Guildhall St Conservative Club, as well as Chairman of Fulwood Amateurs FC, where he had a lifelong friendship with Mick Waller. Mike Kirby remembers the tough scraps he had with Bryan on the football pitch (PGSOB v Fulwood Amateurs was always like that!), and the laughs he had with him off it. Mick Waller tells me that he and Bryan had intended to be at the Annual Dinner again this year, but sadly it wasn't to be.

Bryan will be sorely missed by his friends in the Association, and the Association would in turn like to extend its best wishes to his family and other friends.