Brian was a Bungay lad through & through – born in 1941 to Muriel & Ron Hindle. He had two siblings – older sister Ann & younger brother Keith. He loved sport from a very early age and played football for the County. He was also in the County athletics squad. He met Joy, who lived in Ditchingham, at Bungay County Modern School aged 11. Brian joined the RAF as a boy cadet aged 15½. During his time in the Air Force his official trade was as a Mechanical Transport Driver - he had a love of driving which he kept throughout his life. He & Joy married at 20 and Julie was born 4 years later whilst he was stationed in Germany. Brian was then stationed at RAF Marham and son Paul arrived 2 years & 2 days after Julie. Shortly after, the family moved to Libya where Brian spent 2 years stationed in Tobruk before returning to the UK. In 1970 the family returned to Bungay in time for Julie to start school. Brian left the RAF a year later. Having got his HGV Licence in the Air Force, he then worked for Buxted in Flixton as a lorry driver. After a number of years he left to take over his Uncle Ron’s bookmaker shop in Harleston. Wanting a change of direction & to go back to his driving roots, Brian took a course to get his driving instructor’s qualification. Once qualified he spent a short time working for BSM before moving to Peeks where he spent many happy years working for Christine & Neil. In the 70’s Brian played regularly for Earsham Football Club. He was one of the founder members of the Bungay Black Dog Running Club (his love of sport coming to the fore once again). He also helped to set up the Bungay Marathon which took place for the first time in 1982. He ran in the London Marathon in 1983. It was only when he was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 1994 & later with ME that he had to give up running. Never one to be idle, Brian continued to be as active as his condition allowed, playing darts and snooker at the Chaucer Club. He also took up drawing & painting. He loved gardening – and with Joy over the years they moulded their garden in Annis Hill into the wonderful haven it is today. He joined the committee of the Bungay Horticultural Club and won many awards with his fruit, veg & flowers with the help of Dick Cook (who passed away last year). No doubt they are happily digging away together now! He would probably remind us that he won a few prizes for the baking classes he entered as well. Always looking to help others, Brian joined a local ME support group & was soon on its committee running the group, organising social gatherings & giving support to the members. This he did until the group disbanded a couple of years ago. During the last 15 years, Brian & Joy spent many happy weeks with their grand-daughters Skye & Summer, the girls coming to holiday with them regularly. Around 8 years ago, Brian was finally free of ME and he & Joy were able to enjoy holidays together with family & friends to such places as Benidorm, Corfu & Tenerife. They celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 2012 and treated themselves to a Caribbean Cruise. Always looking to keep fit, the pair started ballroom dancing at the Waveney Centre in Beccles, also enjoying sequence dancing and more latterly line dancing. Brian & Joy would teach others new line dances taught to them by their good friend Chris Kerry. In fact he was looking forward to teaching the group a dance to ‘Chica Boom’. Brian was a volunteer driver for the Bungay Doctor’s Surgery and enjoyed taking the medical students about. He also used to volunteer as a guinea pig for the students to prod & poke him about – all in the name of science of course! Brian’s latest sporting escapade was to take up bowls, playing both inside & out. He played matches for Mettingham & Shotford & was thrilled to win a short mat competition last October at Ditchingham. His passing was so sudden & unexpected, it was a shock to us all. We can take comfort in the fact that Brian’s last moments were spent watching a sport that he loved (for those of you that don’t know, he was watching Manchester United play Cambridge United in the 4th round of the FA cup). A wonderful way for him to go, but for those of us left behind, we are still coming to terms with his sudden departure & the loss of one who meant so much to so many. He was greatly loved & respected as the number of people here today demonstrates. He will be missed!