RIP Malc
RIP Malcolm Eames
Re: RIP Malcolm Eames
I too have known Malcolm for a very long time - firstly at St Albans Road Infants and then York Road primary school. But, like Trevor B, once we'd gone our separate ways after passing our 11-plus, we lost touch. Again like Trevor B, I was surprised, 50+ years later, to see his face once more at PP. I wasn't fortunate enough to be part of his drinking circle, but like so many others, I shall mourn the passing of yet another DFC legend. How many have we lost this year already? Seems like one a month these days....
RIP Malc
RIP Malc
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Re: RIP Malcolm Eames
Really sad to read this news, but it has been something I have been half expecting, given his struggles over the past few years, even before isolation kicked in.
Like Trevor B, I first met Malcolm at Dartford Tech, me being a year ahead of Malcolm and Trevor B, but lost contact when I moved up to Merseyside at the end of my 3rd year. It wasn't until decades later when our paths crossed again during a visit to see the Darts playing at Stonebridge Road, and I discovered what a stalwart he had been at DFC. I can't speak of TrevorB's downwards spiral at Dart Tech, but equally, I hadn't realised that Malcolm had risen to the heady heights of Head Boy either, until we reconnected 20 years ago.
Equally, in more recent years, I used to catch up with him and others at the Paper Moon, and him more likely to be on his own at the Flying Pig when he was no longer able to visit PP due to his mobility problems.
He almost completed a circle for me, because when my family moved down from Merseyside with me as a 3 month old, after a short period in Erith, we moved to Dartford into a transitional Victorian block of flats at the top of West Hill called the Homestead, with massive gardens and orchards. This was prior to us moving up to the Temple Hill Estate when I was 5. As I subsequently discovered 10 years ago, the old house had been demolished and the whole area became an estate of bungalows for the elderly. To my surprise, Malcolm told me he had been allocated one of the properties there following his move from Swanscombe, and he was living there very happily.
Whenever I met Malcolm, he was always sporting his DFC tie. A DFC character, who sadly wasn't able to attend games in recent seasons, but nevertheless, will be remembered by many, home and away.
RIP Malcolm
Like Trevor B, I first met Malcolm at Dartford Tech, me being a year ahead of Malcolm and Trevor B, but lost contact when I moved up to Merseyside at the end of my 3rd year. It wasn't until decades later when our paths crossed again during a visit to see the Darts playing at Stonebridge Road, and I discovered what a stalwart he had been at DFC. I can't speak of TrevorB's downwards spiral at Dart Tech, but equally, I hadn't realised that Malcolm had risen to the heady heights of Head Boy either, until we reconnected 20 years ago.
Equally, in more recent years, I used to catch up with him and others at the Paper Moon, and him more likely to be on his own at the Flying Pig when he was no longer able to visit PP due to his mobility problems.
He almost completed a circle for me, because when my family moved down from Merseyside with me as a 3 month old, after a short period in Erith, we moved to Dartford into a transitional Victorian block of flats at the top of West Hill called the Homestead, with massive gardens and orchards. This was prior to us moving up to the Temple Hill Estate when I was 5. As I subsequently discovered 10 years ago, the old house had been demolished and the whole area became an estate of bungalows for the elderly. To my surprise, Malcolm told me he had been allocated one of the properties there following his move from Swanscombe, and he was living there very happily.
Whenever I met Malcolm, he was always sporting his DFC tie. A DFC character, who sadly wasn't able to attend games in recent seasons, but nevertheless, will be remembered by many, home and away.
RIP Malcolm