| Location | Hebburn |
| Age | 41 years |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Date of Birth | 01/04/1959 |
| Date of Death | 03/10/2000 |
| Visitors | 577 since 17/10/2008 |
| Creator |
MY DAD ALAN WAS 41 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED OF SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER WHICH WAS CAUSED THROUGH HIS JOB AS A WELDER. MY DAD HAD TRAVELLED THE WORLD WITH HIS WORK AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. ONE TRAGIC DAY HE WENT ON A JOB WERE HE HAD TO WELD A TANK THAT HAD BEEN BLASTED A FEW HOURS EARLIER. MY DAD AND FIVE OF HIS FRIENDS WELDED THE TANK. WHEN HE RETURNED HOME HE SEEMED FINE FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS AND THEN HE DEVELOPED AND BAD CHEST AND A COUGH BUT AS HE WASNT ONE TO GO TO THE DOCTORS HE SAID HE WOULD BE OK AND OFF HE WENT ON ANOTHER JOB ON THE SHIPS. IT WASNT UNTIL HE CAME HOME TOO ILL TO CARRY OUT HIS WORK THE DOCTOR KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG, LATER THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED HIM WITH SARCOIDOSIS WHICH IS A FORM OF T.B. THEY OUT HIM ON MEDICATION. ANOTHER SIX MONTHS DOWN THE LINE HE WAS NO BETTER AND WAS SENT FOR SCANS THEN BIOPSYS AND THATS WHEN THEY FOUND HE HAD SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER, ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THIS FORM OF CANCER IS UNCURABLE AND SPREADS FAST. HE WAS IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL HAVING TREATMENT AND THEY FOUND IT SPREADING RAPIDLY AROUND HIS BODY, HE DIED WITHIN A YEAR OF THE DIAGNOSIS IN ST CLARE'S HOSPICE AGED ONLY 41 YEARS OLD.WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE CAUSE OF MY DADS CANCER AND DEATH WAS THE TANK HE WAS WELDING HAD CONTAINED BENZINE BEFORE IT WAS BLASTED AND MY DAD WASN'T GIVEN THE RIGHT SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO GO IN A WELD THE TANK AND BECAUSE OF THIS COMPANY WHO NOW WHO THEY ARE MY DAD IS NOT HERE TODAY. THE OTHER FIVE MEN WHO WENT INTO THAT TANK WITH MY DAD THAT DAY ALL DIED OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CANCER, SO DOES THIS NOT TELL US SOMETHING?
WE WILL GET OUR JUSTICE ONE DAY!
WHEN WE HELD HIS FUNERAL FEW DAYS LATER THE CHURCH WAS'NT BIG ENOUGH FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAD TURNED UP TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS, THERE WAS PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH AND EVEN IN THE STREETS, IT WAS NICE TO KNOW HOW MANY HEARTS MY DAD HAD TOUCHED AND THE TURN OUT WAS SOMETHING I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD WHEN MY DAD DIED, HE ALSO LEFT BEHIND MY BROTHER CHRIS WHO WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND OUR MAM (LYNN) WHO WAS 40 YEARS OLD. MY DAD DIED TO YOUNG HE HAS MISSED US GROWING UP.
MY DAD WAS KNOWN AS 'BIG AL' OR 'BIG MAC' AND EVERYONE LOVED HIM, HE HAD A HEART OF GOLD AND THE SOFEST NATURE ANYONE COULD IMAGINE. HE ALWAYS ENTERTAINED THE KIDS BY PLAYING FOOTBALL IN OUR STREET AND COULD ALWAYS BE FOUND AT THE NEAREST FOOTBALL MATCH. HE ALSO LOVED GOING TO THE SOCIAL CLUB ONCE A WEEK TO CATCH THE FLYER AND HAVE A FEW PINTS WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I HAVE CREATED THIS MEMORIAL SITE FOR HIM AS IT IS A WAY FOR PEOPLE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM AS MUCH AS I DID TO LEAVE MESSAGES, TRIBUTES AND LIGHT CANDLES FOR HIM. SO ANYONE VISITING PLEASE FEEL FREE.
TILL WE MEET AGAIN DAD, I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH WORDS WILL NEVER BE TO DESCRIBE MY PAIN OF LOSING YOU. I KNOW YOU LOOKING DOWN ON ME AND LOOKING AFTER ME, MAM AND CHRIS, ALL MY LOVE FOREVER YOUR HEART BROKEN BUT PROUD DAUGHTER!
CARLEY XXX
FOR YOU DAD, ALWAYS IN MY HEART X
If I could write a story
It would be the greatest ever told
Of a kind and loving father
Who had a heart of gold
If could write a million pages
But still be unable to say, just how
Much I love and miss him
Every single day
I will remember all he taught me
I'm hurt but won't be sad
‘coz he'll send me down the answers
And he'll always be MY DAD
MY NO:1 DAD
HIYA DAD JUST A LITTLE MESSAGE TO SAY I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH BEEN THINKING OF YOU A LOT LATELY, THE TIME IS FLYING BY AND IM MISSING YOU MORE EACH DAY. NOT A DAY GOES BY WHEN I DONT THINK OF YOU I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH YOUR ALWAYS IN MY HEART!
LOVE YOU DAD
LOVE
CARLEY
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YOUR ALWAYS IN MY HEART DAD
HI DAD,
SORRY ITS BEEN A LONG TIME, I DON'T HAVE INTERNET AT HOME. WELL ITS BEEN SOME YEAR SO FAR MAM MOVED HOUSE LAST WEEK AND SHE IS MUCH HAPPIER. I HAVE BEEN DECORATING MY OWN HOUSE AND ITS COMING ON GREAT. I KNOW UR ALWAYS WITH ME IN MY HEART AND THOUGHTS, NO WORDS COULD EVER EXPRESS HOW MUCH I MISS YOU. IT WAS 10 YEARS LAST MONTH SINCE U LEFT THIS WORLD AND WENT TO A NICER ONE I HOPE YOUR HAPPY UP THERE AND STILL LOOKING DOWN ON US. FOREVER TOGETHER ALWAYS WILL BE. I LOVE YOU DAD XXX
LOVE CARLEY
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MERRY CHRISTMAS DAD
MERRY CHRISTMAS DAD, THINKING OF YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS. I WISH YOU WERE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US THINGS ARENT THE SAME NOW YOUR NOT HERE. I REMEMBER YOU USED T GO TO THE CLUB N CHRISTMAS DAY WHILST MAM MADE THE DINNER AND THEN YOU CAME HOME AND ATE YOUR DINNER THEN HAD A SLEEP BEFORE HEADING BACK OUT FOR A FEW PINTS WITH THE FAMILY. WE LOVED CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU WERE HERE YOU USED TO SAY IN THE MORNING I'LL JUST CHECK TO SEE IF SANTA HAS BEEN BUT U REALLY WENT TO PUT THE HEATING AND KETTLE ON SO YOU HAD YOUR CUPPA BEFORE WE OPENED OUR PRESENTS, I LOVED THESE DAYS U WERE ALWAYS FULL OF HAPPINESS AND WERE LIKE A BIG KID AT CHRISTMAS.
I LOVE YOU DAD
MISS YOU SO MUCH
LOVE
CARLEY
XXX
HI DAD
I WAS THINKING OF YOU A LOT YESTERDAY I CANT BELIEVE IT HAS BEE 9 YEARS SINCE YOU LEFT US, IT ONLY FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY AND THE PAIN IS STILL RAW. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SO MUCH.
FOREVER INMY HEART AND THOUGHTS
LOVE
CARLEY
XXX
HI DADDY
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW I GOT THE KEYS TO MY NEW HOUSE TODAY, IM FINALLY MOVING OUT OF HEBBURN AND INTO A NEW AREA, ME AND RALPH ARE REALLY EXCITED TO DECORATE IT AND MAKE IT OUR OWN.
IM THINKING OF YOU ALWAYS AND SENDING YOU ALL MY LOVE ALWAYS.
I LOVE YOU DAD
LOVE
CARLEY
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MEMORIES OF YOU
HIYA DAD
I HAVE BEEN DROPPING MAM OFF AT WORK THIS WEEK AND WE GO PAST MCNULTY'S ON THE WAY TO HER WORK AND WHEN I DROVE PAST I SEEN ALL THESE WELDERS STANDING ON THE PLATFORM THING NEAR THE GARAGE AND THERE WAS ONE BLOKE IN A BRIGHT ORANGE BOILER SUIT WITH HIS HAT AND BOOTS ON AN IT REMIND ME OF YOU. I REMEMBER WE COULD ALWAYS SPOT U IN THAT ORANGE BOILER SUIT AND THE RED AND BLUE SPOTTY HAT AND YOUR RIGGER BOOTS. IT MADE ME HAPPY IN ONE WAY CAUSE U LOVED YOUR JOB BUT SAD AS WELL CAUSE IN THE END IT KILLED YOU, THAT JOB U LOVED SO MUCH AND TRAVELLED THE WORLD DOING TOOK YEARS FROM US BEING A HAPPY FAMILY. I KNOW IT WASNT SO MUCH THE JOB BUT THE COMPANY U WORKDED FOR AS THEY DIDNT GIVE U THE CORRECT SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THE LAST JOB U WERE ON, IF I KNEW WHO THE COMPANY WAS I WOULD TAKE THERE LIFE LIKE THEY TOOK YOUR LIFE AND HALF OF OURS AS WELL. WE WILL ALWAYS BE HEART BROKEN BY WHATS HAPPENED BUT WE TRY EACH DAY TO COPE AND WE HVE TO CAUSE U WOULDNT WANT US TO BE UNHAPPY. I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH DAD AND EVERYDAY YOUR IN MY THOUGHTS AND I SEND YOU ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD.
LOVE
CARLEY
XXX
HAPPY FATHERS DAY
HIYA DAD,
HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO YOU THE BEST DAD EVER! I'M HEADING OVER TO THE CEMETRY SOON TO LAY YOUR BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS I HAVE BOUGHT FOR YOU.
I SEND YOU MY LOVE EVERYDAY AND I THINK OF YOU ALWAYS DAD, WHY IS LIFE SO CRUEL SOMETIMES HE TOOK YOU AWAY AND MY LIFE WONT EVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU BUT WITH THE LOVING MEMORIES I HAVE OF YOU, THEY WILL KEEP ME GOING UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.
LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH DAD
FOREVER JOINED IN MY HEART
LOVE
CARLEY
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HIYA DAD
HOPE YOU OK AND STILL WATCHING DOWN ON US ALL, I KEEP GETTING MEMORIES COMING BACK EVERYDAY AND I SHARE THEM WITH RALPH AND HE LAUGHS, HE THINKS YOUR MAD BUT U WERE AND U KNEW OU WERE.
WE WENT TO SEE EVA THE OTHER DAY SHE HAS CHICKEN POX BLESS HER BUT SHE IS FINE. ME AND MAM WERE PLAYING WITH HER AND CHRIS IN THE GARDEN AT CHRIS'S SHE IS 1 NOW YOU WOULD OF BEEN SO PROUD TO BE A GRANDAD SHE IS GORGEOUS.
MAM IS STILL GRAFTING A ARSE OFF AND PARTYING ON WEEKENDS WITH JEAN GOD HELP HAWTHORNE AVENUE HA HA.
ME AND RALPH WENT IN THE LOFT THE OTHER DAY AND FOUND THE BINOCULARS SO WE'LL END UP LIKE U SPYING ON EVERYONE HA HA PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING ON HERE AND THINKING OH AYE ALAN IS THAT WHAT U USED TO GET UP IN YA SPARE TIME LOL BUT IT WAS ALL INNONCENT FUN WE HAD A SCREAM DIDNT WE.
I WISH WITH ALL MY HEART FOR ONE MORE DAY WITH YOU JUST SO I COULD TELL YOU I LOVE YOU AND HEAR U SAY LOVE YOU 2 OR LOVE YOU 3 LIKE WE USED TO SAY BEFORE I WENT TO BED, BUT I KNOW WHEN I GET OLDER AND I GET THERE YOU WILL BE WAITING FOR ME, FOREVER TOGETHER DAD
LOVE CARLEY
XXX
HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY DAD
HI DAD HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY, I HOPE YOU LIKED YOUR SUNDERLAND STRIP WE GOT FOR YOU IN FLOWERS I WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT LIKE, AUNTY P AND THE FAMILY HAVE BOUGHT YOU A LOVELY POSY AND GRANDAD AND GRANDMA BOUGHT YOU SOME LOVELY FLOWERS TOO, AND GRANDAD BLESS HIM HE'S BEEN UP AND GIVE YOUR GRAVE A NICE TURNING OVER.
I HOPE YOUR UP THERE CELEBRATING WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND CATCHING THE FLYER, WE ARE ALL THINKING OF YOU HERE AND SEND YOU OUR LOVE.
I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH AND LIFE IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU IT NEVER WILL BE BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT WE HOLD THE MEMORIES OF YOU CLOSE IN OUR HEARTS AND THEY WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US FOREVER.
ALL MY LOVE DAD
I LOVE YOU MILLIONS
YOUR DAUGHTER
CARLEY
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