Very sorry to hear of Jim's passing. I had the great good fortune to spend a lot of time with Jim in the 70s & 80s when we played football and cricket together for Bowaters in Northfleet. He was always fun to be with and I loved his sense of humour. He had a talent for giving people affectionate names, ie muppet. Mine was 'index linked'. I was in the civil service and Jim enjoyed ribbing me about the (so called) gold plated, index linked pension. I think about him often but lost touch with Jim more recently which makes me even more sad that I will not now have an opportunity to buy him a drink out of that pension!! Thanks Jim, who I am lucky to have called a friend, for brightening my life.