ACKNOWLEDGMENTS – WITH DEEPEST THANKS TO:
Terry (John Brian) Killeen : childhood friend, brother-in-arms, ex-home boy - thank you for your support, input and encouragement during the creating of this site. My partner and right-hand man at the Daleside Talk on June 13th 2015 – thank you for your courage in reliving the trauma of the past with me - your gift of life-long friendship is priceless.
Leah & Alex Curtis : a very dear, sincere, young couple and precious friends who whole-heartedly invested so much of their time and efforts in this project – doubling up as photographers, sound and image gatherers, technicians and advisors – ever enthusiastic – always there for me.
Michael Patterson : landlord at the Daleside Arms, Croxdale, a fine man, a gentleman, who so kindly offered to host the Homeboys Talk/Presentation on June 13th 2015. Cheers mate!
Gary O’Keefe: my long-standing, close friend – for your invaluable, intelligent comments of support and your understanding – not forgetting your professional, finishing touches to the June 13th poster amongst other.
Sue Gray: author/manager of the Spennymoor and Tudhoe Local History Facebook page – thank you for genuinely caring and for all your personal efforts to promote the talk at the Daleside Arms, for the lengths you went to make our experiences known and in so doing in helping tell the story on behalf of all the home boys. Thank you also to all those page members who posted comments of support – every single one means so much.
Terry (John Brian) Killeen : childhood friend, brother-in-arms, ex-home boy - thank you for your support, input and encouragement during the creating of this site. My partner and right-hand man at the Daleside Talk on June 13th 2015 – thank you for your courage in reliving the trauma of the past with me - your gift of life-long friendship is priceless.
Leah & Alex Curtis : a very dear, sincere, young couple and precious friends who whole-heartedly invested so much of their time and efforts in this project – doubling up as photographers, sound and image gatherers, technicians and advisors – ever enthusiastic – always there for me.
Michael Patterson : landlord at the Daleside Arms, Croxdale, a fine man, a gentleman, who so kindly offered to host the Homeboys Talk/Presentation on June 13th 2015. Cheers mate!
Gary O’Keefe: my long-standing, close friend – for your invaluable, intelligent comments of support and your understanding – not forgetting your professional, finishing touches to the June 13th poster amongst other.
Sue Gray: author/manager of the Spennymoor and Tudhoe Local History Facebook page – thank you for genuinely caring and for all your personal efforts to promote the talk at the Daleside Arms, for the lengths you went to make our experiences known and in so doing in helping tell the story on behalf of all the home boys. Thank you also to all those page members who posted comments of support – every single one means so much.