Ron Jacobs RIP
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Ron Jacobs RIP
West Middlesex Hospital.
He had been in and out of West Middlesex Hospital a lot over the last year or so. Ron was very popular with all the staff at West Middlesex Hospital they loved him.
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Really not sure if Nick or I knew him but by everyone's comments he sounded a top top bloke who was Brentford through and through. I'm sure we could help a little from the TITS pot to assist. I will have a word with Nick over the weekend. Keep us posted.
horshambees
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Ron fully deserves a minutes applause next week.Lets make it happen.
A truly nice bloke who always had a word for you and anyone who knew him would say the same.
RIP Ron and thanks for being a top bloke.
A truly nice bloke who always had a word for you and anyone who knew him would say the same.
RIP Ron and thanks for being a top bloke.
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Do you know where his affection for Bolton Wanderers came from?
Also I remember people saying that sadly Ron was a lot younger than he looked, how old was he when he passed away?
I didn`t know him very well, but his voice was just as unmistakeable as his appearance.
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I just found this pic of Ron with stick and cuppa that I took at Oldham last January. I admit it's not particularly useful for identifying him (I'm sure others have much better ones from years ago), but it was typical of his support that he'd travel to the coldest ground in the country for a Jan fixture.
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That's a great mental picture you have just painted, and I can see him now.
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In all the years I knew him, I was never aware of his exact age.
The only clue he ever gave was that he went to school with Tom Anthony, a Brentford full-back in the early 60's. 'Timeless Bees' states Tom to have been born in August 1943. Therefore, 71-years old is a very good call.
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Not to my knowledge if you could do it would be great they called him cockney RON
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Yep i think his birthday was in January.
Just before the xmas just gone Ron told me he enjoyed watching the darts on tv another sport he enjoyed but that he was very unhappy and frustrated that he could not get to more football games as it was his life and as I said in a earlier post the Oldham game was the last Brentford game he managed to get to.
At a Hanwell Town game last season I asked Ron why he came to a game on a wet, cold Tuesday eve by bus (Two Busses) and he said to me that he wanted to attend as many football games as possible as he knew one day that he would not be able to get to football matches anymore and as I said before and he said to me or more than one occasion football was his life.
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Done: http://www.boltonbanter.com/forum/view_topic.php?id=16736&forum_id=2
To me he was just a face and you always knew you could chat with him; we're losing too many recently, just as it seems to be coming together. Us old gits need to keep going, if only to counter those new 'true supporters' and their silly singing!
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RIP Ronnie haven't been to many games myself due to ill health over the last 15 yrs but remember Ron when he'd come in the Bricklayers or the Bees club.Always knew most results after the games and remember talking to him about cricket.Last time I saw Ron he'd just been robbed,so we had a whipp round in the Brick for him.
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Ron told me that he got badly mugged a few years ago when he lived in Hounslow and that when he was in hospital recovering from the mugging his flat got burgled and they took everything all his old football programes and football Memorabilia that's why he moved to Brentford with a lot of help from the then landlord of the Princess Royal Pub who also let him stay above the pub. Ron was so happy to be moved to Brentford and living so close to Griffin Park.
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sorry to hear this sad news me and rose used to chat to Ron a lot at away grounds
RIP Ron you was a top bloke
RIP Ron you was a top bloke
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Was there any outcome from your meeting at the PR on friday ?
A few on here have stated their willingness to contribute if needed. You seem to be the closest to what's happening with Ron, so any info is much appreciated.
BTW, was great to hear his name sung at Shrewsbury yesterday
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A bees fan connected with west Middlesex hospital to find out details and it seems Ronnie will have a post mortem this week to find cause of death. They can find no trace of next of kin so it looks like a paupers funeral for poor old Ronnie which is such a shame .Approx 3 to 4 thousand pound would be needed to send Ronnie TO his final resting place ??? obviously time scale being the most important thing , maybe a cremation and spread Ronnies ashes on his beloved GRIFFIN PARK . ?????? PS any ideas bees fans ?
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There's something called a Social Fund Funeral Payment with helps with funeral costs that can be applied for. I think the payment is authorised by the Department of Work and Pensions. Someone would have to do the paperwork and get in touch with them...
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This is the link to the form Sheerwater was talking about, whoever fills this out will have to know about Ron's affairs I think, Rons would qualify if I'm sure that someone and I quote from the Goverment Website "you were a close relative or close friend of the person who has died and it is reasonable for you to accept responsibility for the funeralcosts, given the nature and extent of yourcontact with the person who has died"
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/271126/sf200_print.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/271126/sf200_print.pdf
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Of course I know him now. Met up with him on many away trips in the late '60's and '70's on the Tony Ewers "specials". would always have a brief chat after games in the Braemar Road forecourt. I think he used to always have a transistor radio pressed to his ear to get all the results at five o'clock and as someone also said, always had a couple of newspapers stuffed in his pocket.
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Brief update. The necessary paperwork has been filled out but we've been advised that due to the high volumes of bereavements that take place this time of year, there is a backlog of 2-3 weeks. Hounslow Council are also making things difficult as Ron was in rent and council tax arrears due to his time in hospital. As others have said Ron unfortunately has no next of kin that we can trace, which also makes things slightly more complicated.
Lambert Lodge where Ron lived have been very helpful and I'm sure if anyone has any queries they will be able to help. I'll let everyone know any info as soon as we get it.
Lambert Lodge where Ron lived have been very helpful and I'm sure if anyone has any queries they will be able to help. I'll let everyone know any info as soon as we get it.
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He would have loved that! Class!
Ron told me just before xmas that he already had the cash saved up and ready for his Brentford FC season ticket next season even though he had only managed a hand full of Bee's games this season.
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I too remember Ron , a true Brentford face from many years on the forecourt and in the Bricklayers!
Am myself returning from a family funeral Saturday morning, hoping to get to game so when details are known , I am more than happy to contribute towards giving him a good send-off. RIP Ron.
Am myself returning from a family funeral Saturday morning, hoping to get to game so when details are known , I am more than happy to contribute towards giving him a good send-off. RIP Ron.
horshambees
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Quick update been in touch with Mr bfc himself and the club ARE ALLOWING a collection on Rons behalf this Saturday so help will bee needed with buckets for The Globe, Royal oak, New inn ,Princes royal AND NEW ROAD SIDE, the Griffin and Braemar road the Hive are already covered DIG DEEP SATURDAY PLEASE PEOPLE.
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There's another thread for that now.
Can we keep pledges for money and volunteers for buckets on the other thread please; memories etc on this thread. Thanks all.
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Can anyone think of a significant number, obviously between 0 and 90 where it could be organised for a minutes applause for RJ, bit like the Petrov applause at Villa, RDM at Chelsea.
Could it be organised via Gpg, BIAS, etc. RJ deserves it.
Could it be organised via Gpg, BIAS, etc. RJ deserves it.
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So sad to hear about Ron. Lost touch with the old feller as I have been abroad for a few years. Knew Ron in the late 60's through to the 80's and 90's, and went to football, cricket, boxing and wresling,with him. He knew the boxing people from the Golden Gloves pub in Fulham Palace Road in Hammersmith, and used to get top tickets for the big fights in London (Finnigan v, Conte etc). Sundays at Lords were legendary. Everybody around the Lords Tavern bar inside the ground knew Ron. He used to love to take the piss out of the Aussies working behind the jump.
Ron used to have one or two runs with Hounslow's finest. Once he was late getting home from some grim pit up north for a midweek game. When he got home very thing was locked up, no entry for Ron. But he found a ladder at the side of the house and used it to try to get in through the open bathroom window. Just then Plod arrives, won't believe Ron lives at the at the address and nicks him for attempted breaking and entering his own house. So Ron had to spend a night at Hounslow nick.
Ron truly was one of a kind and he will be soarly missed, a real gent.
RIP Ron, one of the best
Ron used to have one or two runs with Hounslow's finest. Once he was late getting home from some grim pit up north for a midweek game. When he got home very thing was locked up, no entry for Ron. But he found a ladder at the side of the house and used it to try to get in through the open bathroom window. Just then Plod arrives, won't believe Ron lives at the at the address and nicks him for attempted breaking and entering his own house. So Ron had to spend a night at Hounslow nick.
Ron truly was one of a kind and he will be soarly missed, a real gent.
RIP Ron, one of the best
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Very sad, I remember Ron from my early 60's schooldays. He lived then I believe in North Drive, Hounslow, and was with his family then, with 2 siblings. He was working at Trico on the Great West Road, and was always to be seen in the newsagents at the corner of Myrtle Road, Hounslow East, with papers, and discussing the Bees with the owner, who was a fellow Brentford Supporter, and later Chairman of Hounslow Town: Jim Gould.
We were all part of a group who used to wait for the toss up by the tunnel, and then disgorge to whichever end of Braemar Road the Bees were attacking.
As mentioned, would attend a match locally at any time. I left the area, but on my return visits would often see him for a chat at the bar at Hounslow FC, if an evening game was on.
A true eccentric and sports fanatic, mostly football, cricket, and boxing. Completely unpretentious, and spoke to everybody graciously.
I will not forget those thick rimmed glasses, smile, and infectious laugh.
Let's hope a small area of the new (hopefully) ground will be named in his memory: A number one Brentford fan: RIP Ron.
We were all part of a group who used to wait for the toss up by the tunnel, and then disgorge to whichever end of Braemar Road the Bees were attacking.
As mentioned, would attend a match locally at any time. I left the area, but on my return visits would often see him for a chat at the bar at Hounslow FC, if an evening game was on.
A true eccentric and sports fanatic, mostly football, cricket, and boxing. Completely unpretentious, and spoke to everybody graciously.
I will not forget those thick rimmed glasses, smile, and infectious laugh.
Let's hope a small area of the new (hopefully) ground will be named in his memory: A number one Brentford fan: RIP Ron.
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I agree 100% was just saying the same thing.
I only really knew Ron for the last couple of years of his life so its been great hearing all these storys about Ron.
Many Thanks
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Very saddened by this news, didn't recognise the name until I saw the chronicle article/picture. Regular home and away fan, remember Ron from getting on the supporters coach about 10/11 years ago, only saw him not long ago at an away game, such a sad loss, will donate at the forum tomorrow. Minutes silence this Saturday?
RIP Ron
RIP Ron
