To the family of Reg Varney.
I would like to say that I knew Reg Varney, but that would not be the case. However, I did meet him once.
His father, Sid was i'm told a great friend of my grandfather, the late John Tilbury.
Reg I met briefly at my grandfathers funeral, which was in the summer of 1966, although his sister Bella & her husband Alf, I met many times, as they remained friends of my mother & father.
My grandfather, my mother (Edna Tilbury nee Hart), her brother & sisters would often reminisce & talk about the "good old days", when the Varneys & the Tilburys would have family get togethers & enjoy parties that were just the best. Reg & his father Sid would play the piano or the piano accordion, with members of both families singing, dancing & enjoying merriment like I assume we don't have today.
As a child I would often fantisise about how those days must have been. Of course I will never know, but I can still close my eyes & imagine.
My respects to the Varney family. And to Reg wherever you may be. Hold Tight......
Peter Hart.
Peter Hart:
26/11/2008