Raymond Briggs RIP
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Andy Stephenson
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My father always had The Snowman video ready to play when we turned up with the kids on Christmas day.
It became something of a tradition even when they grew up.
Thanks for the memories Raymond.
RIP
It became something of a tradition even when they grew up.
Thanks for the memories Raymond.
RIP
Nic Robinson
Moderator
Sad news. What a genius he was. Story telling in its essence.
Sue Pertwee-Tyr
Accuphase all the way down
Charmed by The Snowman, but I think his masterwork was When the Wind Blows. Sad that he’s gone, RIP.
Weekender
pfm Member
Excerpt from a 2017 film on Newsnight with Raymond reading:
The last time
I walk this path every day,
One day, I know,
I will walk it for the last time,
How many other last times are there?
How many not remembered?
The last time you kissed your mother.
The last time you hugged your father.
The last time you made love
With someone.
The other unremembered last times.
The last time your little boy
Climbed onto your shoulders.
The last time your little girl
Wrapped her arms around you neck,
And cuddled you.
I know there will be a last time
I walk this path.
Before the hospital,
Before the home,
Before ….. something.
And the irony is
You never know,
At the time,
That it is to be,
The last time.
The last time
I walk this path every day,
One day, I know,
I will walk it for the last time,
How many other last times are there?
How many not remembered?
The last time you kissed your mother.
The last time you hugged your father.
The last time you made love
With someone.
The other unremembered last times.
The last time your little boy
Climbed onto your shoulders.
The last time your little girl
Wrapped her arms around you neck,
And cuddled you.
I know there will be a last time
I walk this path.
Before the hospital,
Before the home,
Before ….. something.
And the irony is
You never know,
At the time,
That it is to be,
The last time.
ff1d1l
pfm Member
Brought tears to my eyes. RIP the most excellent Raymond.
Somafunk
pfm Member
Morten Morland (political cartoonist) has a very apt tribute to Raymond Briggs,
https://twitter.com/mortenmorland/status/1557458535004479493?s=21&t=qSx5kbw6ywFh3_Xz7oqY7Q
https://twitter.com/mortenmorland/status/1557458535004479493?s=21&t=qSx5kbw6ywFh3_Xz7oqY7Q
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
RIP. Like Douglas Adams, a story teller that grabbed me in childhood and has stayed with me. Ethel and Ernest and When the wind Blows are among my very favourite books. Glad he lived for so long.