Rest in peace Jack, never far away from your bike. What a wonderful gesture. Image posted on Facebook by Jimmy Morris.
I just had to share this – you’ll remember that much loved historian and Walsall cyclist and character Jack Haddock passed away recently – well, yesterday it was Jack’s funeral which took place in Lichfield.
Posted on the Jack Haddock appreciation page on Facebook, two images from an excellent, sensitive and beautiful memorial.
Rest in peace, Jack, a fine celebration of a great, great man. Your friends did you proud – my gratitude to them.
Do check out the Facebook group for memories, images and discussion of Jack and his work.
Flying Scotsman on the casket, faithful camera on top, steed nearby. Jack, you will be very much missed. Image posted on Facebook by Mark Sorrell.
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A lovely send off for a great man.
We will all miss you Jack.
r.i.p jack god bless
sounds like a lovely man rip to a legend xx
A life long friend of my Mother Janet nee Staples (Pavlovic) ‘Jacky as we called him biked regularly from Webster road to our address in Boswell road Cannock a lovely true Gentleman and a soul full of history R.I.P Jacky 🌹🌹🌹
I first met Jack in 1961. I was working in Walsall No 2 signal box as a train recorder (signal box lad). He took a photo of myself and signalman Arthur Farmer. I found Jack to be a very special person, we shared a love of trains and cycling on our respective Dawes cycles, he would often cycle to spend an hour with me when I was working various boxes on the West Coast main line. He took many photos of trains and local boxes and would always send me a copy of any he took when I was on duty. A true gentleman, a visionary who recorded so much local history. It would be nice to see a small statue of him somewhere in Walsall. Geoff Brookes.