RIP Darren White

[locost_bryan]

46 pence? :?
Good total though

Someone rummaged under the seats of an old Marina?

[vermillion]

Payment sent Chris

Gary.

[MarinaCoupe]

Thanks Gary,

Total now £350.00 - Gary evened the numbers up for us, well done mate.

I also got this from Brian White via Andy W

"Hi. Andy
thanks for your time tonight when I called. As you said you would forward this to Chris as I would
like to say thanks to all members of the club for their support and for all the good things that they
have said about Darren. I did read on the forum that Chris is arranging a collection for which I say
thanks. After the funeral the funeral directors will tell me the amount of the donations that have
been sent. This will probably take about 6-8 weeks. When I am told I will mail you with the
total amount that will be sent to the Hospice. I chose the Hospice as it was where his Mum died,
and I dont know of any charity that he would choose. The T.C. is being put into my name and it
will be used around my local shows and maybe further, but I cant drive two together. Chris from
Clacton has offered to help at anytime (thanks Chris)
Once again thanks".

[budgie]

its a pity i missed out on meeting a wonderful person, you all speak so highly of him, i was at swanton morley last year and took loads of photos so i might have a pic of him or his car if i knew what they looked like.the world is a sadder place without him.

[JubileeNut]

If you check out the links at the start of the thread it shows his car and him so you may be able to check you photos or may well of spoken to him

[Viscount Orange Biscuit]

heres a photo of Darrens Coupe at Swanto Morley, i'm sure if you'd have spoken to him you'd remember Budgie, he was that kinda guy, and his Marina is awesome, the interior is trimmed in leather and smelled like my bentley inside.

R.I.P. Darren You will be missed, I only met you a couple of times and i know i will i was looking forward to 2012 and talking to you about you car.I ove all Marinas but yours kinda stood out from the crowd a testament to the work involved putting it together..

[The General]

very sorry to read of this sad event, i had never met darren but read and heard a lot of things about him and his cars. Condolences from all members of marina ecosse and myself to his family and loved ones.

[MarinaCoupe]

Thanks Ray,

Some of us went to Darren's funeral today, I was amazed at the range of people he knew. Brian W was OK and was pleased with the turnout (about 200 I think). Darren's family celebrated his love of cars and his obsession with 'getting it right'.

The hearse was a vintage Bentley converted I think to a hearse in I think the 70s or 80s by the look of it. Darren's sister had this wreath made especially.









Chris
www.marinacoupe.co.uk

[JubileeNut]

Darren was a guy with style and looks like he got a good send off, I am sure he will be watching us all with a smile

[MarinaCoupe]

Donations now up to £390.00, if anyone that wants to donate and has yet to get round to it, I'll hold the PayPal account open for another 7 days and then write a cheque to the Hospice.

PayPal account name: donations@morrisital.org.uk

Please use the Private/Gift options so that we receive the full amount, if you use different options we get charged for the payment out of what you have donated.

[MARINAMADBAZ]

Hi chris,
Payment sent in memory of darren white.
sorry for the delay
Best regards
Barry and family

[MarinaCoupe]

OK the grand total so far is £400 which I think is brilliant.

Although I will pay this on to the Hospice now, if anyone still wants to contribute they can and I'll send a separate catchup payment later.








Chris
www.marinacoupe.co.uk

[daffyandbabs]

Sorry to here about darren, we only found out in the understeer today. What a lovely guy, always helpfull and always loved to talk about his cars. We will miss him. RIP Darren. Our thoughts are with his family.x

[MarinaCoupe]

All,

I received this message from Brian this evening.

"Hello everybody this is Brian. I wish to thank everyone for the kind comments put on the net about Darren.

It is a bit hard at the moment, but the worst is having to sell his collection of cars.They are all
from the Rover family.The worst is looking at the re-built and painted engine on the bench for his Metro Turbo.

The other reason for this message is to let you know that the club members donated a terrific amount of money
for the Hospice.I dont know the amount as the funeral directors have sent the donations off, but Chris knows the amount. The total amount that was
raised was £720.

Thank you once again. Hope to see you at various shows
Brian"

Just to remind everyone, we raisd £400 out of that total.

Brian will be bringing Darren's TC to the National, although he is looking to sell other various BL/Rover group cars. I don't know all the cars but they include an SD1, Rover 75 ZTT 260, Metro Turbo (in bits but Darren had finished the bodywork to his usual high standard), a couple of TR7s, Montego etc.

[JubileeNut]

I am glad Brian is doing OK and I wish him well and hope to see him at the National.