just one of my regular reminders that i have an Instagram page that holds a stash of my old photos.

here https://www.instagram.com/tonyzimnoch/

This one here is me in 2005 in Massachusetts

Things To Do After Your Dad Dies.

A nice photo of me & Bob.

I attended my friend Bob's Funeral in Oldham this morning 

 He died about 5 weeks ago but , partly , it had been delayed because his son Neil (aka Nodge) McRoberts had been in the USA due to Business. attending a Conference in Stamford, Connecticut and ,prior to that. talking to Netflix Producers about summat or other !.

 He has his own podcast  Talking Scared   which includes Interviews with the likes of   Stephen King  &  Margaret  Atwood .He writes stuff for The Guardian : Esquire and Vogue Magazine . His first Novel comes out soon . pre-order =  https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/goodboy/9781068563102

A busy lad !

needless to say, he spoke very well at today's funeral.

I have known Bob & his son for over 15 years.

 And I have some empathy with Neil's situation of being abroad knowing your dad is dead. 40 years ago I was abroad on Christmas Day in  Marrakesh when I heard my Dad had died suddenly .

Sadly , they had no American Footballs in Morocco ........

 

■ A New Turkish Haircut ■

𝐼'𝑚 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 .𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 , 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡......

 

Me & Cathy in Hebden Bridge tonight.

The Essence of Bob. R.I.P.

 

Manchester Yesterday

Lovely to meet up with Don & Margaret at The Stoller Hall.The Rheingans Sisters are VERY good! Infact, the whole day was surprisingly mellow .

Everything went as it should have went ! A very relaxing day .

Bob.

Hydn

I went to Hydn's Funeral Mass in Royton today.

 A Packed Church .

His friends from Territorial Army ( he served 17 years ,including The  Falklands )

which i never knew..

They Played " The Last Post"at the end of a 90 minutes service......

very moving.

G𝐚r𝐲 𝐂l𝐚r𝐤 𝐉r.

i think i might buy a hat next week.......think of it as a 'Late Easter Bonnet'.... n.b. this video from 11th April 2025

Manchester 17th april

𝐇𝐘𝐃𝐍 Remembering of our good friend Hydn who died a few days ago, I took these random photos in Manchester this afternoon.... 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐩-𝐔𝐩 𝐏𝐢𝐬𝐬-𝐔𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦

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 Last Men Standing: It's worth saying that Bob from Bacup was also diagnosed with Cancer 2 weeks ago & Big Mark from Rochdale died recently ( also Cancer )  Hard Times.........

 

Hydn James Mason