RIP Dave Silk, local musical impressario, won't be known to anyone on ere, but a wonderful natural musician who could fit a bass line to anything anyone threw at him, and did so much for the local music scene. One of the last of the great eccentrics, his death has hit me hard, even though he was nearly 83.
Sorry to hear of your loss - 83 is a good achievement but it doesn’t lessen the blow when he obviously means so much to you
RIP Svetlana, the Ukrainian doctor killed as a result of yesterday's atrocity in Kiev. Svetlana refused to leave her young patients even though a missile strike was imminent. Such bravery will surely be rewarded in Heaven.
Really sad news that Ray Reardon has died, aged 91. Six times world champion, former miner & police officer. What a character. They don’t make them like that anymore.
Some lovely tributes to Ray overnight, including from many modern day players. I liked this fond anecdote from Shaun Murphy. The first time he met his hero , he went to RR’s snooker club with his Dad. Standing outside, they were speculating about the type of car the six times world champion drove. Up drove Reardon in a brand new, top of the range Mustang. Murphy & his Dad went over to introduce themselves. “Nice to meet you , welcome to my club” said the ever gentlemanly Ray. “And if you ever park in my car park space again, you won’t be allowed back”
I have seen John Mayall live about six times. Carried on playing into his eighties. Some of the players that came through the Bluesbreakers like Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor etc. RIP John.
This really saddened me. What a batsman - it’s no exaggeration to say that Thorpey carried our batting and our team for much of the 90s, as we struggled after the Gooch / Gower / Botham era. I saw Thorpey make his debut, an extremely stylish and unique batsman, who (unusually) was equally as good against both fast and spin bowling. It’s also worth remembering that he earned his Test average of 44 against the absolute elite of Test bowling - both West Indies and Australia were at their peak at that time. There were no soft runs against bad sides, like there are now. RIP Thorpey
More dreadfully sad news - it seems Thorpe's family says he took his own life. He must have been in awful pain, emotionally if not physically. This must be unbearable for his loved ones.
Such tragic news about Thorpey. Men get sad too. If you are in this position reach out to someone. You’ll be suprised how many will understand and help.
This has really hit home. I really liked Thorpe. Nobody can tell what is going on in peoples heads. Very brave of his Family to come out and talk about it.
Such sad news. I remember watching Thorpe at the Oval before he got into the England side. He was obviously destined to do so. He could manipulate the ball so easily. He would hit a four through a gap in the field, the opposition would plug that gap and he would hit the next ball through where that fielder had come from. I remember telling my next door neighbour about him, when the England team didn't have any left handed batsmen (sorry batters) and sure enough next test he was in. He wasn't particularly powerful, but when you were watching him once he got past 10 it was always a surprise when he got out, he looked so comfortable.
