Happy Birthday Dad

[ClaretTony]

He's no longer with us, he passed away over 32 years ago but today he would have been 100. I think it's making me feel old.

[spadesclaret]

You're not old, CT - just a bit past your prime.

[ClaretTony]

You're not old, CT - just a bit past your prime.

Thanks for that spades

But for my dad I would probably never have been a claret. I thought I'd celebrate today with a fig slice from Oddie's (he loved them) only to find they no longer do them. I went for his second choice, a vanilla slice.

[IanMcL]

Our departed loved ones live on in us.

[jdrobbo]

Happy birthday Tony’s dad. I’m sure you’ll mark the occasion with a very nice cup of properly made tea!

[DCWat]

Happy birthday Tony’s dad. I’m sure you’ll mark the occasion with a very nice cup of properly made tea!

Yorkshire Tea?

[jdrobbo]

I think he was a PG Tips drinker!

[warksclaret]

He's no longer with us, he passed away over 32 years ago but today he would have been 100. I think it's making me feel old.

CT you are only as old as you feel.Take and appreciate each new day as it comes. A few Burnley wins and you will feel like being 50 again

[conyoviejo]

Sadly,Oddies have stopped doing sad cakes as well,what's the world coming to!!

[tim_noone]

Sadly,Oddies have stopped doing sad cakes as well,what's the world coming to!!

Probably couldn't justify the price on em!!

[Rowls]

Harry birthday to your Dad, Tony.

Just seen on Twitter that it would have been Harry Secombe's 100th birthday today too.

[ClaretTony]

Sadly,Oddies have stopped doing sad cakes as well,what's the world coming to!!

I was very unhappy about that. I loved an Oddie's sad cake.

[bfcjg]

Sadly,Oddies have stopped doing sad cakes as well,what's the world coming to!!

I once made a sad cake, wife was ill daughters birthday so I thought right let's make a cake dead easy. It was " a bit sad" to quote my daughter. One bit the candle slipped in, another bit the candle couldn't break the surface. Never again.

[Cirrus_Minor]

My own dad also died 32 years ago in April. He would have been 100 last year.

[Silkyskills1]

A vanilla slice isn't a bad second choice, is it, CT?

[ClaretTony]

A vanilla slice isn't a bad second choice, is it, CT?

I’ll be honest, I prefer a vanilla slice to a fig slice do I was happy.

[ClaretTony]

My own dad also died 32 years ago in April. He would have been 100 last year.

It’s no age now either but my dad had been ill for some time.

[beddie]

Well done for celebrating your Dads 100th.I think very important that we all remember our loved ones in any way we choose so from me, Happy 100th Tony’s Dad. Incidentally I’ve never had a fig slice, now Bavarian slice and you’re talking.

[COBBLE]

Happy Birthday to your dad and all the memories and perspective that can bring you. My dad's birthday was 9/11/1908 so I have a little reminder to help me.

[Vintage Claret 1946]

Tony, your dad was one of the nicest people I have ever met, he was a true gentleman.

He also had the opportunity to see the finest football ever played on Turf Moor, with our late 50's early 60's team. Not sure what he would have thought of the current style of play.

[ClaretTony]

Tony, your dad was one of the nicest people I have ever met, he was a true gentleman.

He also had the opportunity to see the finest football ever played on Turf Moor, with our late 50's early 60's team. Not sure what he would have thought of the current style of play.

I don't think I know you but thanks very much for those kind words. He was a very quiet, unassuming man, nothing like his eldest son but much more like my brother. I always wonder what he'd have made of Sky TV, squad numbers etc. to be honest. He could never get his head round the fact Liverpool started giving the number 5 shirt to a midfielder.

Our passion and love for Burnley Football Club, and football & cricket in general, is one thing we had in common. He and my granddad (his dad) never missed the opportunity to watch a reserve or youth game and I've followed suit.

[Juan Tanamera]

My dad died aged only 72 and would have been 100 next February.
His only interest in football was Burnley's result and his Littlewoods coupon.
My siblings and myselfs sporting interest came from my mum ( a Burnley born lass) who would have made 100 in January 2023.
It was actually my eldest brother who got me hooked as a Claret on my 7th birthday in 1960.

[Herts Clarets]

And a very happy birthday to my Dad, 77 years old today. Like many of us, my first game at The Turf was with my Dad, 26th April 1975 for a 0-0 v Stoke City and he is still a season ticket holder in the same Bob Lord stand we sat in for my very first game, over 46 years ago.

Happy birthday Dad.

[Vintage Claret 1946]

"I don't think I know you but thanks very much for those kind words."

Tony
We do know each other but have been out of contact for some while now, If you could send me a private message to my site e-mail address I will give you all the contact details, but not on an open site.