Farewell, adieu, au revoir Phil Hills, it was always fun, lots of laughs and a privilege to have been in your company so often for eight or nine years, when we saw each other regularly. Life moved on and we both got married and had families so lost contact for a while, but that was re-ignited in recent years and I am happy we got back together. You looked after me and had my back, as did Roger Painter, without the two of you I am not sure what might have happened to me, but I grateful that I had such friends around.
You saw the best in everyone and lived for today, for several years we were close and socialised a lot together, introducing me to watering holes in Hayes, including a hotel on a dead end road, where we often ended up on Sunday lunch times. The Airport Bowl was a favourite haunt, where Roger and Jimmy had a residency for TMP (Total Music Power), I think we all became apprentice DJs at some point down there. Johnnie Jones was on the door and very good about not throwing us out on a couple of occasions, I guessed that was down to you and your relationship with him, he knew we were not real trouble and the drink got the better of us occasionally 😊
Much to my shame, I managed to beat you at cards regularly and accepted possessions as a barter for gambling debts, I had your brown leather coat off you and a number of really good albums including LA Woman, sorry mate but you manned up and paid up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I also recall your car, I think a little A30 (PMY), we had a few eventful nights out in that and eventually is was left at the side of a road somewhere when it gave up. Your Mum and Dad would always welcome me into their house and treat me as one of the family, lovely people and they did that for everyone.
I have attached a picture of one of the Rankin Kuhn FC team at Denbigh road, Hounslow and of the twelve Peter, Jimmy and Wayne are with you in heaven, those I am still in contact with Julian, Paints and Wizard are all deeply saddened by your passing. Aside from Rankin Kuhn, we played together for Albatross and Townfield and were lucky enough to be on the field with players of far superior ability than we had. Chris, Julian, Alan, Paints and Jimmy from the picture plus a few others, they were good times. Outside of the football Arnie and Bowsie, like myself are going through our memories and each time we laugh, many good times Phil Hills, God bless you and one day that team will be able to play together again.
Farewell, adieu, au revoir Phil Hills, it was always fun, lots of laughs and a privilege to have been in your company so often for eight or nine years, when we saw each other regularly. Life moved on and we both got married and had families so lost contact for a while, but that was re-ignited in recent years and I am happy we got back together. You looked after me and had my back, as did Roger Painter, without the two of you I am not sure what might have happened to me, but I grateful that I had such friends around.
You saw the best in everyone and lived for today, for several years we were close and socialised a lot together, introducing me to watering holes in Hayes, including a hotel on a dead end road, where we often ended up on Sunday lunch times. The Airport Bowl was a favourite haunt, where Roger and Jimmy had a residency for TMP (Total Music Power), I think we all became apprentice DJs at some point down there. Johnnie Jones was on the door and very good about not throwing us out on a couple of occasions, I guessed that was down to you and your relationship with him, he knew we were not real trouble and the drink got the better of us occasionally 😊
Much to my shame, I managed to beat you at cards regularly and accepted possessions as a barter for gambling debts, I had your brown leather coat off you and a number of really good albums including LA Woman, sorry mate but you manned up and paid up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I also recall your car, I think a little A30 (PMY), we had a few eventful nights out in that and eventually is was left at the side of a road somewhere when it gave up. Your Mum and Dad would always welcome me into their house and treat me as one of the family, lovely people and they did that for everyone.
I have attached a picture of one of the Rankin Kuhn FC team at Denbigh road, Hounslow and of the twelve Peter, Jimmy and Wayne are with you in heaven, those I am still in contact with Julian, Paints and Wizard are all deeply saddened by your passing. Aside from Rankin Kuhn, we played together for Albatross and Townfield and were lucky enough to be on the field with players of far superior ability than we had. Chris, Julian, Alan, Paints and Jimmy from the picture plus a few others, they were good times. Outside of the football Arnie and Bowsie, like myself are going through our memories and each time we laugh, many good times Phil Hills, God bless you and one day that team will be able to play together again.
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