First met Mark in 1988 when he moved in to the house next door!! It was
the start of a long and memorable friendship that lasted 35 years. Life with Mark was never boring, for good and not so good. I could recite a 100 stories but one I will never forget was 1994 at my brother in law’s stag party at a night club, and after quite a few drinks things started to quieten down and Mark sat on a chair in front of the emergency fire exit door. Then he just disappeared!!!! It transpired that he leaned backwards pushing the doors open in the process - fell straight out of the door which then slammed shut, leaving him in a mess on the grass verge outside. But because of the amount of alcohol, Mark then sleeps on the verge for at least a couple of hours before waking up as a taxi drops a passenger off. He then falls into the taxi which takes him home at 4.00am. The next morning I spoke to him and said that I thought he had left earlier for some reason, but then he told me he woke up thinking he was in bed, instead he was laying on a grass verge in Wood Green!!! Marie was not happy with either of us!!🙈