Yesterday Honiton came to a bit of a standstill, in fact I was a little bemused when I looked of the window.
I live right near a local Police Station and right next to that Police Station on the otherside is a thatched roof pub called The Volunteer (or Volley, as it is known locally).
Well one of the regulars in the Volley is, or should I say ‘was’ a guy called Jason Stuart who was the keyboard player for an old rock band called ‘Hawkwind‘. Now Hawkwind have spanned 3 decades, certainly used to tour the world. And of course their most famous anthem was the track ‘Silver Machine’.
Heck, I remember going to see them at Sheffield City Hall way back in 1980/81.
Well a few days ago Jason sadly died and the funeral procession was amazing! Local news claimed hundreds brought the town to a standstill, but all I can say it that was a lot of people. In fact the weird thing was that more and more joined the procession as it went on and the picture here from the local press was very early indeed does not show the sheer number of people who finally made up the procession.
At 10pm, the who’s who of the rock world were still packing the pubs on the High Street, no hassle, no fuss.
If I could choose my own funeral, I could only wish it could be as good as this.
Jason Stuart, without question a man respected and most obviously remembered.
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