More Very Sad News

George Houghton · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: More Very Sad News

Sadly I have to report the shock news that another North West Group member "Ernie Clouston" was suddenly taken from us this morning after suffering a heart attack while attending the "Lymm Christmas Festival".
I was talking to Ernie at Stuarts Funeral yesterday and he appeared to be his normal self.

Our sincere condolences go to his Wife and Family at this very sad time.
R.I.P

George.
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Robert Heywood · Guest

Ime so sorry to hear that very sad news.
Earnie was a lovely man with a great sense of humour and its just so unbeileveble that its happned so suddenly.
R.I.P
(The Junior Chairman)

Stuart Mulcrow · Bronze Member Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

I can't believe this, this is such bad news. I have been friends with Ernie for many years. My sympathy goes out to his wife and brother Peter and the rest of his family.

R.I.P Ernie, you'll be sadly missed.

Guest · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:

I am deeply sadened too. I have known Peter years and got to know his through the Fairground side of things rather than the organs. In the end I got to know them from both sides and ended up working on their organ.

It was only yesterday at Stuarts funeral that we were laughing and joking and he was sat having a pint with Peter. He seemed in good health, but there you go...

Bye Mate!

Allan Guest

Guest · Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject:

Sorry I meant to say I have known Peter and Ernie years.

Allan

Dave Stubbs · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject: Ernie...

Ernie was another one of those colourful characters that I have been meeting over the past few years.

After North West Group FOPS meetings, a few of us would return to Stuart's house and have a cuppa, where Ernie and Stuart would be telling rude jokes!

I asked him how he was when we were at Stuart's funeral last Friday and he said "Well, I just keep taking the tablets!" and that was Ernie to a tee, he would always have a laugh ready to roll!

I wondered whether he had received an invitation from Stuart to go and join him in that showground in the sky, where they can tell bad jokes all day..."Hey, God have you heard the one about...".

R.I.P. Ernie

Ernie selling bubble wands at May Day Steam in 2005

Ernie at the Victoria Park Rally, 2005 (picture extracted from video footage)

Ernie next to Stuart's organ last Friday

Dave Stubbs

Dave Stubbs · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject: Funeral details...

I have received the following details for Ernie's funeral:

The funeral will be held on Tuesday, the 19th December at 1:40 PM in St Mary’s Church, High Street, Cheadle, Near Stockport.

There will be an additional service at The Manchester Crematorium, Southern Cemetery at 2:40PM.

You are welcome to attend at both services.

You are then welcome to join us at the Britannia Country House Hotel, Palatine Road, Didsbury for a celebration of Ernie’s life.

Donations in lieu of flowers to: The Wythenshawe Hospital Cardiology Department Research Fund, Manchester. More details to follow.

I have uploaded an Acrobat document with maps at (231KB PDF):

http://www.dsvc.co.uk/erniedirections.pdf

Regards,

Dave Stubbs

Ben Jackson · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:32 pm Post subject:

R.I.P Ernie,
My throughts are with his wife & family.
Ben

Dave Stubbs · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: More info...

I have updated the directions document for Ernie's funeral, if you had already downloaded it, please view the latest version at (233KB PDF):

http://www.dsvc.co.uk/erniedirections.pdf

Regards,

Dave

Guest · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: Ernie

I've only known Ernie for a short time, about 15 years but it seems longer, having had a natter at rallies and group meetings with him.
When I spoke to him at Stuart's farewell he told me he wasn't better but he was getting there. As Peter and Ernie were leaving Painters he shook my hand and I said, as I had done many times, "Look afterd lad". As always he replied "Mi kid brother? aye a will"
What an awful shock when I got the message from George.
My thoughts are with Peter and Ernie's family at this terrible time.
Goodbye Ernie RIP.
Jim Simpson.

nick marler · Guest

I don't confess to knowing Ernie as much as some,but all the same I will miss him.
Memories of Ernie--well I suppose I first came across him at an open day at Heaton Park about 1980 when he and Peter used to have their Bursens organ(you know the one you could only hear when the you were on top of it)the reson being that it was built as are a lot of the bursens dance organs for inside use.I was stood infront of the organ and Ernie came up to me and said "Do you like organs then"and showed me inside the truck and explained all the workings and told me about the fair organ preaservation society.From that day on I used to see Ernie a lot and we would talk about this and that.The great thing about him was that he always had time for everyone no matter what he was doing.Ernie Clouston will be sadly missed,a true gentleman and a friend.

R.I.P.