I first met Brian within weeks of him moving into Mount Pleasant Rd in Tottenham with his brother Len, shortly after they left Dr Barnardo’s , there are obviously lots of memories in all the years I knew Brian, but a few that stand out . when we belonged to All Hallows Church youth club we were threatened consistently by a local gang, on one occasion they walked into the club and just like a western movie stood in a row making threats, Brian muttered something and the bully of this lot came up and pushed him hard in the chest, Brian stood stock still and whacked him hard round the face, after that they left, but this was Brian through and through, somebody not to take liberties with. On another occasion we were at Butlins holiday camp in Minehead and on the last night there after several beers, we thought it would be a good idea to take down the Union Jack from the pole at the front of the building ,however when down ,we realised the size of it , it was huge and realising the trouble we would be in took it back to our chalet and folded it into a suitcase putting all our clothes in another, Petrified of being caught we decided the only thing to do was to take it home, on the way out I noticed that Brian had two white marks on his trouser where he had been up the pole and walked closely behind him away from security, something we laughed about a lot. I miss Brian and say unashamedly that I loved the guy. Vic Shaw