TIM DIED IN APRIL 2000. I'D KNOWN HIM SINCE THE LATE 1980S WHEN HE MOVED INTO THE STREET ON LEAVING THE RAF.HE WAS FROM CHURCHAM IN GLOUCS AND WAS A MAN WITH AN APPETITE FOR LIFE. AN INFECTIOUS CHARACTER WHOSE ENTHUSIASM FOR CARS AND BIKES WAS LEGEND.
BOXER DOGS, A GOOD CURRY AND A FEW BEERS WERE ALSO ON TIM'S AGENDA.
HE PROVIDED GREAT SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP TO ME DURING MY DIFFICULT TIME AS A SINGLE PARENT AND WAS LIKE AN UNCLE TO MY TWO BOYS.
HIS DEATH CAME AS A SUDDEN SHOCK TO ALL OF US WHO KNEW HIM AND IT LEFT A HOLE IN OUR LIVES. HIS 'GIRLFRIEND' AT THE TIME WAS A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HIM IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AFTERWARDS.
SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE AND SEES HERSELF AS THE CUSTODIAN OF HIS MEMORY. FORTUNATELY, A FEW OF TIM'S CLOSE FRIENDS THINK DIFFERENTLY.
