27-Mar-2004, 10:06 PM
We had many a night where my mum's brothers ( the 3 that lived locally ) would come around with my aunts and play cards over a smoke filled table, usually they got the worse for drink, though Uncle Les I think was just merry. "Nah the Eccleston" was his normal greeting to me. His favourite song which he sang with great gusto was " be sure it's true, when you say, "I love you", it's a sin to tell a lie". I later heard a Spike Jones and the City Slickers version on a 78rpm vinyl record a very funny version, and always thought of Les.

