FOR ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO BRING YOU SOME NEWS OF AN OLD COMRADE WITHOUT THE SADNESS OF ADVISING THAT HE IS NO LONGER WITH US.
ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING FOTOS OF BRIAN BURNIP, AT 3 DIFFERENT TIMES OF HIS LIFE, WE HAVE SOME ABLE DETECTIVE WORK BY KEN SNOWDIN WHO MADE A LOT OF EFFORT TO CHECK UP ON THE LATTER YEARS OF HIS OLD BOSS, BRIAN BURNIP.
OUR GUESS IS THAT BRIAN WORKED FOR B.H. FROM THE LATE 1950`S, OR EARLY 1960`S, AND WAS STILL THERE IN THE SPRING OF 1991 AFTER THE SELL-OUT HAD OCCURED, SO HE ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR ONE OF OUR "30 YEAR CERTIFICATES" FROM OUR FIRST REUNION IN 2009.
FIRSTLY AN IMAGE OF BRIAN IN 1951 WHEN HE STARTED HIS NATIONAL SERVICE IN THE R.A.P.C., AND IF YOU CANT SPOT HIM, WHICH WE DOUBT, HE IS 5TH FROM THE LEFT IN THE CENTRE ROW.
….NOW LATER RIDING A TC12, POSSIBLY IN BARNSLEY DEPOT (??) IF ANYONE CAN CONFIRM THAT PLEASE….
….AND FINALLY, A SHOT FROM HIS LATER B.H. CAREER, BEING PRESENTED WITH A GIFT FROM A LOCAL DIGNITARY DURING HIS TIME SERVING THE COMPANY IN AFRICA, AN IMAGE SUPPLIED BY MALCOLM SYME.
NOW THE CORRESPONDENCE RAISED DURING KEN`S TASK OF DISCOVERING WHAT WAS OCCURING WITH HIS OLD BOSS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
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