Happy heavenly birthday grandad
Loved and missed by us all everyday we always talk about you wish you was here to see your great grandsons they would of loved you so much loveyou always soph& boys

Happy birthday dad xx

Happy heavenly birthday dad miss you every second of every day love ray and family xxx

12 years dad still feels like yesterday ,everyday i miss you and wish i could just sit with you and tell you how the day has been , i know ill see you again and we will have the same old laughs ,people still talk about you in the market i still go every sunday like always ,not the same without you but keeps are memory alive helps me to be honest .cope with everyday your not here ,ill leave you for now miss you dad love your son ray xxx

its that time of year again when all the memories come flooding my happy birthday to you dad would of been 87 in two days ,how i miss you every day ,what i would give just to hold you one more time just to say thank you for making me the man i am today ,happy birthday dad till we meet again love you your son ray xx

To the granddad who taught me about horses and country and western. thank you for the fun memories and always calling me whacker. you are always missed and never forgotten.

8 years dad feels like yesterday I miss you so much love you xxx

Hello dad hope your resting with the friends god has taken to be with you missing you so much would love to be back in burnthwaite with you chatting and sorting the booty stuff out what great times me and you had love you and miss you dad xxxx

hiya dad/mum
finding it hard as ever this year missing you more and more each day
i wish there was some wa i could see ya and just chat like old times i now this carnt be doesn't stop me hurting
merry christmas and i love you xxx

Every day hurts like the day you left me I see you race when I close my eyes I miss you dad please keep looking down on me I’m not doing to well right now and I just feel like I’m lost xx love you so mucj

Merry Christmas dear dad miss you just as if you only passed yesterday xxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DAD MISS YOU SO MUCH HOPE YPUR HAVEING A BEUTIFULL TIME IN HEAVENS GARDENS XXXX
Love ray xx

just another day were my heart beats so slow and feel so much pain know ing I'm not with you and wishing we could be ,dad your the best xx love ray

hi dad hope your ok up above missing you daily but would like to give you some good news tom and his girlfriend have give me the most beautiful grandson and you great grandson sleep well day love and miss you ray

its one of those times when I'm sitting thinking wish i could shoot up to dads for a chat and tell hum how special he is missing you dad ,xxx
ray

hiya fella another day were you are on my mind thinking about all the things we used to do went to witness market today for the first time in years and people still asked after you xxx so hard to watch them selling and you not there xx

5years

To my loving grandad Joe this is a candle I have lit for you. Shining bright and guiding me in my ways

Again and again the 1st of June come around the hardest day of my life, I try my best to keep away my tears and stay strong for dad as I promised you I would alway look after him Ano he's hurting but he hides that from me. But am always there when he need me

I love and miss u so much grandad not a day goes by when I do not think of you every week I go the car boot just hopeing one day I will see with ur stall laughing and joking but I know ur alway there looking over my shoulder giggling and laughing st me following the family ways
Love you so much I hope one day we meet again xxx

hiya dad its 5 years since you went to heaven to rest i wish there was a way i could of made you stay but the pain is now gone and your resting with mum ,hope you are at piece and keep looking down on us we all miss you so much love you dearly ray,xx

Grandad every year never gets easyier 4th christmas without you i miss you more and more every day and would of loved you to meet your great grandson Joseph-Thomas bretherton merry christmas hope you have a good christmas with the angels loved and missed forever your beloved granddaughter sophie and great grandson joseph xxx

merry christmas dear mum and dad,xxx

Today is the day grandad, your 80th birthday wish u was here to enjoy miss you so much grandad love you xxxxx

its that day again grandad where I can't hold in my emotions i try so hard as u asked me not to cry  Ino ur there looking down on me and when I need help I just look up and I get the answer. I look at my nephew and at his name with a smile on my face as ino he will follow one of the greatest men I have Eva known good night grandad I love you and miss you so much xxx

its tomorrow that brings nothing but sorrow the ist of june againg my dear dad has been in heaven 4 years then how i miss you so much but as your looking down take a minute dadwere alll ok/xx

not a day passes when im not thinking about you wondering if your resting and if your happy leaving me made life hard but i know your not that far so ill cope cause when its hard i just think of you xxx

Just letting you know I'm thinking about you dear dad,my grandson / your great grandson is now 5 months old and looking more like me every day yet every time Sophie says his name Joseph make me smile and think of you love you dad night night Ray,xxx

missing dad Christmas time 2014,xxx
  my dear dad you held my hand when i was small, you caught me when I fell, you're the hero of my childhood and my later years as well, and every time I think of you my heart still fills with pride, though ill always miss you dad I know deep down inside your there with me right by my side, in laughter and in sorrow and in sunshine and rain until the beautiful day when we meet again,xxx

  remembering the happiness and the feelings of good cheer
when we celebrate Christmas in the days when you were here,
for at special times like this one almost everything we do seems to bring back precious memories of those moments spent with you,
but dad your smile lives on forever and your voice we often hear and on Christmas day .as always i will shed a private tear,
and ill think of all those good times and the special bond we had
for i never will forget you my devoted and dearest dad,xxxmy

               my dear dad in heaven

           a loving heart, a secret thought
                a silent little tear
           are all the things that keep you close
             when Christmas time is here.

           for you were someone special.dad
                 one of the very best
           the pain and grief was hard to bear
              when you were laid to rest
                are bond was sadly broken
                 and for now we are apart
               but time, they can help to heal
                  this ever grieving heart
            Christmas thoughts are bitter sweet
                    yet lovely to recall
           for dad, its at such special times
                 your missed most of all
                 your loving son ray and family,
                          r I p dad xxx

missing dad Christmas time 2014,xxx
  my dear dad you held my hand when i was small, you caught me when I fell, you're the hero of my childhood and my later years as well, and every time I think of you my heart still fills with pride, though ill always miss you dad I know deep down inside your there with me right by my side, in laughter and in sorrow and in sunshine and rain until the beautiful day when we meet again,xxx

  remembering the happiness and the feelings of good cheer
when we celebrate Christmas in the days when you were here,
for at special times like this one almost everything we do seems to bring back precious memories of those moments spent with you,
but dad your smile lives on forever and your voice we often hear and on Christmas day .as always i will shed a private tear,
and ill think of all those good times and the special bond we had
for i never will forget you my devoted and dearest dad,xxxmy

               my dear dad in heaven

           a loving heart, a secret thought
                a silent little tear
           are all the things that keep you close
             when Christmas time is here.

           for you were someone special.dad
                 one of the very best
           the pain and grief was hard to bear
              when you were laid to rest
                are bond was sadly broken
                 and for now we are apart
               but time, they can help to heal
                  this ever grieving heart
            Christmas thoughts are bitter sweet
                    yet lovely to recall
           for dad, its at such special times
                 your missed most of all
                 your loving son ray and family,
                          r I p dad xxx

THOSE SPECIAL MEMORIES I HAVE OF YOU WILL ALWAYS BRING A SMILE,IF ONLY I COULD HAVE YOU BACK FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE,THEN WE COULD JUST SIT AND CHAT IF ONLY FOR A WHILE,YOU ALWAYS MENT SO VERY MUCH AND HELPED ME THROUGH THE BAD TIMES ,YOU MADE ME THE PERSON I AM TODAY AND THAT I THANK YOU FOR, THE FACT THAT YOUR NO LONGER HERE WILL ALWAYS CAUSE ME PAIN BUT YOUR FOREVER IN MY HEART ANDI KNOW WE WILL MEET AGAIN ,
I THOUGHT OF YOU TODAY BUT THAT IS NOTHING NEW .I THINK OF YOU IN SILENCE AND WANT TO SHOUT YOUR NAME BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE RESTING AND FREE FROM ALL YOUR PAIN,I JUST WISH I COULD WALK TO HEAVEN AND SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN,YOUR MEMEORY IS A KEEP SAKE WICH I WILL NEVER LEAVE ME AS THE KEEP SAKE I HOLD IS LOCKED WITHIN MY HEART, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD AND REST IN PEICE,
                     XXX
I KNOW YOUR FAR AWAY AND I CARNT HAVE YOU BACK ,YET I KEEP ASKING WHY , WHY DID THE LORD TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ME AND LEAVE ME SO ALONE AND EMPTY INSIDE, SOMETIMES I CLOSE MY EYES AND SEE YOU LOKKING DOWN ON ME ,I TRY SO HARD TO SPEAK TO YOU BUT I DONT HEAR YOUR VOICE, I SEE YOU SMILE,I SOMETIMES FEEL YOUR HAND TOUCH MY FACE BUT ALL I HEAR IS SHHHHHH AND YOU SLOWLY FADE AWAY ,I TRY SO HARD TO GET THAT IMAGE BACK BUT IT DOES NOT REAPEAR , IT LATE AT NIGHT BY THEN AND ALL IS QUIET HERE SO I CLOSE MY EYES AND DREAM THAT YOU ARE RIGHT HERE ,MISS YOU DEAR DAD AND HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN IS FULL OF HAPPY CHEER
                  XXXX
NOW I NEED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DONE FOR ME.YOU MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY AND PROUD OF YOU I AM ,I HOPE IVE DONE WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT AND HOPE IVE LEARNT AND REMEMBERD ALL AND I CAN PASS IT ON ,YOU WERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST PRCIOUS PERSON GOD EVER LET WALK ON HIS EARTH,NIGHT NGHT DAD SLEEP TIGHT AND BE SAFE ,MISS YOU ALWAYS YOUR SON RAY,XXX
                  16/10/1935
                   1/6/2011

just come home from the market and thinking of you just wondering if your at rest or ma be even there is a second life and your at a boot sale just like me ,I miss you so much dad please be safe in heaven,x

dear dad so far away, its me your son ray missing your more more every single day tomorrow its that day ,farthers day and i just want to say hope your at peice in heaven and enjoy your day love you the world dad love ray.xxx

IN LOVING MEMORY OF A SPECIAL GRANDAD.

3YRS AGO GRANDAD U TOLD ME U WAS GOING TO SLEEP.
I MISS YOU SO MUCH, I KNOW YOUR LOOKING DOWN ON ME, WATCHING OVER ME ,LEADING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I SEE MY DAD EVERY DAY AND EACH DAY I SEE U IN HIM. I GO CAR BOOT EVERY WEEKEND STILL EXPECTING TO SEE YOU THERE EITHER GETTING ME TO WATCH YOUR STALL WHILE YOU GO AND GET YA BARGAINS OR SNEAKING UP BEHIND ME SEEING WA AM BUYING,

I MISS YOU SO MUCH GRANDAD HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON EVENING IF IT FOR A MINUTE. DON'T WORRY AM LOOKING OUT FOR ME DAD I STILL SEE HIM UPSET EACH DAY HOPING TO SEE YOU BUT HE KNOWS YOU LOOKING OVER US ALL

GOOD NIGHT GRANDAD ILL SEE YOU SOON LOVE YOU SO MUCH

THOMAS XXXXX
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crazy how people i meet keep telling me what a wonderfull man you were and i just reply yeah shore was and that is my dad.xxx miss you mate,xxxx

this is a flower that never dies just like the place in my heart were you are dad,xx

its christmas time and i wish you were here to share it with us as the years pss the pain stays with me i try to go on in life yet still seems so hard without you hope you are free from pain and at rest with mum.love and miss you so much,ray,xx

its farthers day and thinking of you not being here hurts so much ,i look up in the sky just hopeing your looking down on me you were the best in the world and i miss you so much happy farthers day dad have a good day up in heaven with mum ,love you always ray ,xxx

in loveing memory of my dear dad who was my world.xx
   dear dad you become so tired and god knew this so he took you in his arms and took you to were you could rest, so now your out of pain and in heaven with the stars looking down on me ,you gave me so much in life and i loved you with all my heart, rest now till we meet again thinking of you always your loveing son ray,and family x