Guest 739- Registered: 16 Jan 2012
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My dad, Harry Woodbridge, sadly passed away on Monday 24th September aged 80 after a short but brave battle with cancer. The funeral will be on Tuesday 9th October at Barham Crem at 1040am. Dad had lived in Dover since 1964 and was a Customs officer stationed at Western Docks for most of his career here. I'm posting this as I know there are a lot of lurkers who may have known him. Everyone will be made most welcome if they want to see him off.
Thanks to all my lovely friends who have been so supportive to me and Mike.
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Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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So sad to hear this news Jen. It's good you have your lovely supportive friends around you at this time.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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sincere condolences jen, hopefully his friends and former workmates will look in and travel to barham.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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My sincere condolences, Jen.
Ross Miller
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Sincer condolences Jen, my thoughts are with you and your family
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I do not think I know your dad,or yourself,but I am also like the rest of the membrs sorry to hear that he has passed away ,I always light a candle in church when I hear of some one passing on, you do not need to the person just think about him and the family he has left behind,and I will do just that thank you for telling us.
Brian Dixon
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my condolences jen.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Sorry to hear that Jen, my sincere condolences too.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I too am sorry to hear of this, and wish him a good send off. It is only fitting that you Jen, now adopt your position among the senior generation of your family, I wish you well with that also.
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Keith Sansum1
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sorry to hear that news jen
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Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I am very sorry for your loss.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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My condolences Jen...
Guest 771- Registered: 27 Sep 2012
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Hi Jen.
So sorry to hear about your Dad. Harry was a great character and I worked with him at Western Docks in the 1970s. I also used to bump into him at boot fairs where he was always on the lookout for interesting items. A really nice guy and an old-school gent.
Regards
Nick D.
Semper in excrementum, sole profundum qui variat!
Guest 739- Registered: 16 Jan 2012
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Thank you for your kind words. It really does mean a lot. I've found that keeping busy with all the arrangements has kept me sane. I really want to make sure dad gets the send off he wanted. It's going to be very odd not having our political debates and listening to his opinions on the latest debacle. I'll just have to start joining in more on here!
Hi Nick, dad loved all the strange cars you had and enjoyed his chats with you while looking for bargains. He told me all sorts of stories about Western Docks, most of which cannot be repeated on a family forum
I think we are all guinea pigs in the middle of an experiment for which they have forgotten to set up a control group!
Guest 771- Registered: 27 Sep 2012
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Hi Jen
Ah, yes, the Western Docks was one of the last "good little numbers" where you could shine (if you wanted to!) with very little effort or keep your head down and let the world pass you by if that suited you better. That said, we could still pull one out of the bag occasionally and your Dad was the SO on duty when I had one of my better detections. I couldn't have asked for more support. Those of us who have been around long enough to have worked there still talk about the good old days. It seems a long way from the days when we were proud to wear gold on our sleeves to where we are now, looking for all the world like Argentinian Air Force officers being forced to do jobs we didn't sign up for and wondering when the next manager with more ambition than ability is going to cook up some scheme to get themselves promoted at the expense of the workers! Rant over - for now, anyway!
Semper in excrementum, sole profundum qui variat!
