Octopus of Odstock

And Cedric 'Wise old' Elf in Ben and Holly which features his voice talents a lot more.

Thank you. For search purposes, Jeanette Charles has died.

Occasionally, a player presumed dead, largely due to zero information, or too common a name, is actually found to be alive.. or was in this case. Allen Oliver Wiki, born 1924 was presumed dead because of a post by Gateshead's historian that such and such (someone younger, can't remember who) was now the oldest. But actually, up until April, he was still alive. - considering the lack of people at his funeral, this might have slipped the net. The full article is here - https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/stockport-county-anti-wrexham-barcelona-3026246 - but the key bit is this: PS Whilst I'm at it, for those who update Hugman - John Trusler, ex-Brighton - Father John Trussler Mother Evelyn B Berry Birth 6 Jul 1934 Steyning, Sussex, England Death 15 Apr 2022 Ron Hall, ex-Walsall: Canada, Obituary Collection, 1898-Current Death, burial, cemetery & obituaries Record information. Name Ronald Hall Parent Thomas Major Hall; May Hall Child Roushas Relatives Carol Birth 8 Feb 1933 Dudley, Worchestshire, England Death 2008

Former Shrewsbury and Hereford wing-half Ralph Oliver has died, just after his 90th birthday - http://bullsnews.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-tribute-to-ralph-oliver.html

Not complaining, merely an observation.... Nature's Way, currently on top of the DDP theme team, doesn't look like a complete theme team to me. Field, Burrow, Whale, Roche, Brooks etc. I get, but Newhart and Rantzen?

I don't think that source is right to be honest. Waiting for next Ryerson update tomorrow and then if nothing in there, it might trickle through. To be honest, Walker suffered from "Lotus 2nd driver syndrome". Look at Taylor, Spence, Arundell, Miles, Oliver, even Graham Hill to a degree. All pretty much given inferior equipment to Clark, Rindt and Fittipaldi, despite Chapman's protests they were in equal machinery. But not scoring a point in one of the quickest and most iconic cars of all time still doesn't look good. He was quite brilliant at Formula 3 level, but maybe Formula 1 - especially in one of the top seats - was a step too much.

Dave Walker obit https://autoaction.com.au/2024/05/31/aussie-f1-racer-david-walker-dies Now I've seen Wiki has gone for 24th May but I've not seen anything to verify that date yet. Still TBC

Ffs. 3 in about a month. RIP Trevor.

Oldracingcars.com still updates for some drivers but it's often been queried if it's a genuine source. It's basically the racing Hugmans so it should be okay. That said Walker is not updated on there yet.

Former Lotus Grand Prix driver Dave Walker died last week. Trying to get more information. Not entirely sure if a full obit will come but will keep an eye out for local news/Ryerson.

Ray Faulkner IS on Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Faulkner Turned 90 yesterday... er, actually no. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2022 Death, burial, cemetery & obituaries Record information. Name Mr Raymond Arthur Faulkner Birth 26 May 1934 Death 8 Apr 2004 Residence Boston, Lincolnshire, England

A 1934 birth. not on Wikipedia, but he is on Hugman's. Keith Turner, instead of being 90 this year, ex-Nottingham Forest actually died as long ago as 1967, aged just 32! Definitely the same man as on the Ancestry tree, there's a picture of him in his Forest gear. Died of coronary thrombosis and a myocardial infarction. Keith John TurnerTurner Family Tree Matching Person details Spouse Freda Jean Jones Father William Henry Turner Mother Gladys Evelyn Brown Children Adrian Birth 9 Apr 1934 Coventry, Warwickshire, England Death 9 Mar 1967 Coventry, Warwickshire, England Residence 1939 Warwickshire, England

Gordon Davies, ex Manchester City, Southport and Chester player died in 2020. I'm sure it's the same chap. From Ancesty Name Mr Gordon Davies Birth 4 Sep 1932 Death 19 Jun 2020 Residence Crewe, Cheshire, England England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2022 Death, burial, cemetery & obituaries Also, Ray Woods (ex Crystal Palace, Southend) died in 2019.

They lived in Sherborne, Dorset so probably wont be on rip.ie. Phelans own website lists him as alive.

David Redden, a DDP pick in 2021, has died. Another for List of the Missed. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/business/david-redden-dead.html

From Southends former player association. This appears to confirm Eric Marsden and Ray Woods are dead but I'll ask. Running SUEPA, albeit in continuing troubled times for our club, can be a joy, and once in a while something happens which is just that little bit extra special. This afternoon we received a call from a former player’s daughter to say that her dad had received our letter, and yes, he was still alive! And he was in good health and would love to join SUEPA and has lots of stories to tell us (which she has heard many times!) and he’s 93 years young. That makes him, by some distance, the oldest former Southend United player still alive (the second oldest now at a mere 90 years is the legend that is Eddie Firmani). This is something to celebrate. At SUEPA we’ve now built up quite a database, and every former player up to and including the 1955/56 season has sadly now passed away. That said, there are a few from pre-WWII times that we don’t have a date of death for but they’d by now be well over 110 and don’t feature in the ‘England’s oldest person’ list, so we are pretty sure of ourselves on this. For the 1956/57 season, since dear Alex Duchart passed away in 2022, there’s always been one person who we were not quite sure about – a certain Jimmy Thomson. Now, look up ‘Jimmy Thomson’ in any search engine and you’ll get quite a long list – Scotland is full of them. Go to any pub in Glasgow and say ‘Oi Jim, would you like a drink?’ and loads of faces will turn round - it will cost you a fortune. Having a date and place of birth helps (our Jimmy was born in Govan on 17 March 1931), but it is still tricky, especially when the average nonagenarian is not usually posing on Instagram. A couple of our SUEPA Agents are quite adept at using ancestry tracing sites, piecing together a likely location/family story, and over the last year or so we thought we’d found our Jimmy only to receive a call back saying they were not him. Once we just had a phone number and called it – that was fun, Jimmy Thomson answered but this one hated football (and probably anyone south of the border). That there was no apparent death record though gave us hope, and a speculative punt at an address in Scotland for another Jimmy Thomson (whose ancestry history checked out) led to a letter winging its way north of the border some four weeks ago. It had seemed that our investment in a first-class stamp had not paid off, but then we got the call from Jimmy’s daughter Deborah this afternoon, and we were truly delighted. Deborah told us that her dad (who prefers to be called James or Jim) lives in his own house (with one of her brothers) and still does all of his own chores – he was one of 13 children of who six remain alive with Jim being the second oldest left (and he has an 88-year-old brother who lives in Essex!). Strong genes in the Thomson clan. He apparently has lots of football memorabilia, and has stories-a-plenty. It was Harry Warren that signed Jim for Southend back in May 1956. He made his Shrimper debut on 30 August 1956 in a 2-1 defeat at Newport County. The team that day was: Harry Threadgold, Arthur Williamson; Dennis Howe, Jim Duthie, Jimmy Stirling, Jimmy Lawler, Crichton Lockhart, Sammy McCrory, Roy Hollis, Jimmy Thomson and John McGuigan. Some legendary names in that team, with Duthie, Stirling and McGuigan being fellow Scots. Deborah told us that her dad remembers Harry Threadgold as a great character. Jim made 34 appearances that season scoring 10 goals. He scored twice in the FA Cup Second Round tie v Hereford United, and then famously got the winner at home to then Second Division Liverpool in the Third Round in front of 18,253 at Roots Hall. We would then lose to Birmingham City in Round Four, he played in that too, and the Roots Hall crowd that day was 28,964. Jim’s last game that season was away to Ipswich, and we can only assume he must have got a bad injury as he didn’t play at all in the first team the following season. He returned to the side in September 1958, playing alongside fellow SUEPA members Bill Punton (who turned 90 earlier this month), Alan Dicks (who is 90 in August) and young Terry Kent (who is only 84), and made a further ten appearances scoring three goals. After 44 appearances and a healthy 13 goals, Jim left in March 1959 for Southern League Headington United (now Oxford United). We can’t wait to find out more about Jim’s playing days and his life in oh such different times, memories that need to be treasured and receive a rightful place in our historical records which (when as we all hope our bright new dawn as a club finally arrives) we can bring to the fore in a ‘history and heritage’ project for all to see. We do know that a few of our more senior SUEPA followers have memories of our playing days in the 1950’s, so please do share them here and we may be able to relay some of them to Jim when we speak to him (the conversation of which we will also then feature in a separate post). Indeed, if you have any questions for Jim, do let us know and we will do our best to get them answered for you. For now, whilst there are of course much bigger issues being played out regarding our club’s future which give us all many sleepless nights, but let’s celebrate the oldest former Shrimper joining our ever-growing family, something which we feel is truly remarkable. Welcome to SUEPA Jim!

Prince Michael at the Chelsea Flower Show. Seems robust enough, albeit now using a walking stick. Princess Michael looks fine, Julian Felllowes is in the wheelchair.

Tony Mowbray resigns as Birmingham manager to seek further treatment and recover. The way the various statements have been worded over the last few weeks, it sounds like he might be in worse health than initially alluded to https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0jjz9le4ypo

Karl Heinz Schnellinger QO https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-karl-heinz-schnellinger-dead-32855245

QO for Schnellinger https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/breaking-karl-heinz-schnellinger-dead-32855245 Last 1958 World cup participant for West Germany and was one of the youngest of the now dwindling survivors of 1958 World Cup.

Officially confirmed dead (BBC reports state TV confirmed it 5.33am) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-69035051

Kathy Brown is performing again - she'll be doing her first gig since been diagnosed with cancer. Looks pretty good (if it's a recent video). Either way, maybe someone near Bexhill can do some form spotting - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1356717388350352

I haven't seen any notice of it here, but sadly, Terry Griffiths has been diagnosed with dementia - there is a link to a snooker magazine where the news was announced on Wiki, but also this post on X - Stead, Marcus (April 2024). "Terry Griffiths – some sad news". Snooker Scene. p. 4.

Indeed and QO - https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/28012258/ian-chico-hamilton-dead-chelsea/ for DDP purposes. EDIT - Sorry, YW, saw you posted it on the DDP 2024 thread. Apologies.

Nothing official yet, however I did see a tweet from a few weeks back from the club (Aston Villa) to say he had been diagnosed with dementia. So if he is still alive, another one for the ever-growing dementia sufferers list.