A Lad from Featherstone

 Colin is back on Tramadol. SDC? Yes, Co-Codamol and now Tramadol. Lamb's blames the tractor, garden and railway sleepers. We both know the truth. Message to my brother John Lambert. Hi John, I love you and Happy New Year. I first published the blog below on 21st June 2015, just after lunch, same time as today, 2nd January 2024. I sort of wrote it to you and me. And John,  I am acutely aware the only person who can stop our parents divorce being concluded next monday is you.  Please John, Mum has more money than she will ever neeed and is surrounded by the family she loves. I have lived with and or supported dad for coming up to two years. He rarely drinks alcohol, he walked over 1 mile from home to his respite care home yesterday. I know exactly how dad can be, however he is our Dad, he was there for all of us when needed, with our mum he raised four children and he should die proud of that fact.  Whatever his steriotypical 'I'm the man of the house' Yorkshire attitude

  I wrote this last November, as a message to my brother John, but was never sent or shared. The start of a new year seems the right moment to reach out and share some of my pain and anxiety. Om John It all started after the death of my sister Mandy in 2011, the family imploded and has never recovered. November 2023 and my mum, Little Betty (92) is divorcing dad, Slam Lambert (93) after 70 years. It is destroying dad yet he was there when I needed a friend. Please be patient. My mum left the family home 18 months ago and dad now lives alone. He is a broken man and his mind is beginning to play tricks.   The final court hearing is in six weeks, January 2024, just before dads 94 th birthday. It’s not really my mum divorcing dad, it’s my brother John cos he fell out with dad as a teenager, and he wants to protect mum, which on one level I fully understand.     John and I used to be close, I love him he is my baby brother,  but he now refuses to have any contact with me.   Its daft and