Just got back from the funeral service at St John's Church where family and friends said their final farewells to John Allcock, the former Brigg Grammar and Sir John Nelthorpe teacher and renowned sportsman. St John's is a pretty large church but many mourners still had to stand, such was the turnout.
Much was said about John at home, at work and at play. But, for me, Adrian Gibbons summed it up when he said: "John was a man of few words - but every one of them was worth listening to."
We heard about how John had attended Brigg Grammar and later returned to teach there, and (from brother Andy) how 'Our Kid' had once played in goal for a Scunthorpe United XI ahead of Ray Clemence - later to star for Liverpool and England.
Golden memories of a great man. He will be missed by so many of us.
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