Off Topic Burly's Funeral..

R.I.P Burly, sleep tight fella

 

Safe journey mate, tell the big man to take it easy me.

God bless.

 

Goodbye Paul . Rest in peace

 

If Mrs Burley or any of his family read this, I hope it all goes well today and you give him a wonderful send off, celebrating his life. Thoughts are with you x

 

Much love from the 606 family

Goodbye Brother



X

 

Burly will be late for his own funeral, in the dog house cos he stopped in the pub on the way and had a few too many Guinness.

Take care Mrs B, tell your man we are all missing him here. RIP Paul. X

 

Hopefully Burley will find this;

 

RIP Burly.

 

We’re all thinking about you and your family today Burly. This is your day to celebrate who you were and what you meant to all of those near and dear to you. We’ll always remember you with great fondness on here.

Stand at ease now soldier

 

I've been thinking of you all morning, Paul. You're going to be one hell of a miss. Thanks for everything, mate. You were one in a million x

Nick

 

Never met you in person Paul, but can say you made an impact mate.

Hope all the Burleys find solace knowing what a great bloke they had in him and how much he was thought of even by strangers on a forum

RIP

 

Never knew him personally, but we both share a love for the black stuff.

The way he could engage anyone on here without anything kicking off says a lot.

R.I.P mate.

 

Only just started coming on here, but Luv says he was a top feller. RIP and many condolences to his family and friends. I'm sure it'll be a great turn-out

 

RIP Burley. Didn't really know you but you're very well regarded on here. Regards to your family.

 

You were a diamond, Burly. Won't ever be forgotten on here.

RIP mate x

 

Dearest Not606 Posse

Thank you so much for the amazing gesture in remembering my Burly!

The memory ribbons were put together by me and our daughter. BH and I had a joke last September, he thought it would be funny to make everyone wear the Sunderland scarf to his funeral. We knew that wouldn't happen. So when I set about fulfilling his wishes for his Day, I came up with the idea of the memory ribbon (all hand "macked and tacked" with a red safety pin) as you all have kindly put up as your temporary avatar. It represents his beloved Sunderland and the scarf. On BH's Day, everyone wore the ribbon with pride! (the basket with the ribbons shown below)

My Burly had a great send off on Tuesday.. the crematorium was so full, it was amazing and humbling to see.

BH had written his own "Tribute to All", read out by a close family friend from Sunderland.. there were roars of laughter and waves of tears.

I too, donning the mackem scarf and pin (I found in his bedside drawer), stood up to the lectern and belted out my own reflections and poems of my BH. Unconventional yes but I was proud to have done it. The children did the same and his best friend and brother for over 30 years brought the house down with his tribute.
The local golf club he was a member of had their flag at half mast. Truly humbling.

Later at the pub, I stood up on a wobbly stool, held up a full pint of Guinness, shouted out some more memories and cracks, and made the toast he wanted. Yes lads and lasses, I down that pint of Irish nectar in one go!!! Ha'Waaay the Lads!!

With our best wishes from the BH family,

Mrs Burly Hurly (the only!) xx

 

That’s amazing Mrs B. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thank you for that. Great to hear that the day was a memorable and humbling one and Burly got the send off he deserved.

We'll never forget him on here. We've got a 'Burly's Arms' thread, which is in tribute to the big man. So his place is cemented here.

God bless you all