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Shaky

shabbagaz

shabbagaz

I'm not the Messiah!
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On my Facebook memories today a post popped up - it's ten years since we lost Dave 'Shaky' Howson.

I thought it was apt to create a post as a lot of people on here knew him and maybe would like to share some memories.

For me, Shaky helped my Dad through a very, very tough period in his life where he almost lost his chance of redundancy & payout back in 2005. Shaky, in his role as union convenor at Goss, fought for my Dad and won through as redundancy was granted and got his pay off. As a result, my Dad was able to pay the vast majority of the mortgage off on his house and that proved absolutely crucial for the future.
We bought Shaky a brick on the 'Walk of Fame' as a thank you and it sits there to this day.

Thanks for all you did for my Dad Shaky - it has never been and never will be forgotten.
 
We've just been reminsisng on Facebook about Dave (Shaky).

A really close mate (off the forum, he was a nightmare on it 😂) . I had some of my best times traveling the country watching North End with the folk off this forum and Shaky was one of them. I would give anything to relive one of those trips with Shaky and family.

I'll never forget the moment Katie phoned me to tell me the news and days like today leave it very fresh in the mind.

Times are difficult at the moment for us all and whilst we might all feel low please make sure if you need to you reach out. I am very proud of the Mental Health section on this forum which I know for a fact has saved lives.

I don't talk much about my personal life but Shaky inspired me to work in mental health and I now have a professional job which is down to him (something he would hate) which is ironic.

As its ten years since Shakys passing we will be looking at planning something for the forum community old and new later in the year... stay tuned.

Miss you mate.

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shabbagaz said:
On my Facebook memories today a post popped up - it's ten years since we lost Dave 'Shaky' Howson.

I thought it was apt to create a post as a lot of people on here knew him and maybe would like to share some memories.

For me, Shaky helped my Dad through a very, very tough period in his life where he almost lost his chance of redundancy & payout back in 2005. Shaky, in his role as union convenor at Goss, fought for my Dad and won through as redundancy was granted and got his pay off. As a result, my Dad was able to pay the vast majority of the mortgage off on his house and that proved absolutely crucial for the future.
We bought Shaky a brick on the 'Walk of Fame' as a thank you and it sits there to this day.

Thanks for all you did for my Dad Shaky - it has never been and never will be forgotten.
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Triple salcos in tribute to the man.
 
I can still hear his voice, outside Hollywood Bar after we beat QPR 2-1 in 2009 (THAT game!) saying to me "Do you want a pint Woolley?" 😍

I go to Ulverston 5 nights a week and I usually have a little nod to the daft old sod.

The day he sadly passed away, I had to drive there with work. I managed it there and back but then someone at work said they had heard and I broke down in a flood of tears. I was sent home at 4am.

Good bloke, sadly missed.

If anyone on here has any issues, talk to someone. Even if only via PM on here. People WILL listen and offer an alternative view to your predicament.
 
Used to bump into him regularly round about town before he moved up to to the lakes. He was very quick witted and usually had everyone in howls of laughter.

There used to be some great characters following PNE in those days. As mentioned, all sadly missed.
 
I have many memories of Shakes, from hun threatening to deck the “stupid twatting BMW driver that thinks he’s… oh fck off it’s you…” to when Derek Shaw rang him when we were in the pub.

He always said he never forgave me for getting married when he was on a cruise, because he wanted to stand up and shout “don’t to it,” to my husband.

We married in the November, he died in the following January. I saw him twice in between, and I still have the last email he sent me from the Friday that weekend telling me to have a good weekend and to take care. He signed off with goodbye, Bint, and not his usual talk to ya Monday.

I’ve never forgotten that, often wondered why I didn’t spot that at the time.

Ten years has flown by. Nothing has changed and yet everything has changed. ❤️
 
Heart and Soul of the forum was Shaky. I loved and loathed his soapbox rants. He was a good friend, daft sod used to go out of his way and get the train to Leeds just to spend the day with the Yorkshire (PNEYSC) lads starting the day off with a Belgian breakfast (Stella)!

He left a big hole in many of our lives. Sadly missed.

e-quine, the piss artist formally known as Horse.
 
The pne-online forum was considered “rebel scum” in its many guises 1990’s & 00’s. I guess looking back now it was just as bad as social media only we didn’t have the fortune (thank god) to tag people! Still life as a moderator was hard and Shaky was one of the thorns in our side for his opinions!
 
Never met Shaky in person but often exchanged emails with him - he worked at BAES , Barrow and I worked at BAES Samlesbury.

I often wondered how he got the time to post so many posts……

It was a big shock when I woke up on that Sunday morning in January 2012..
 
Ando60 said:
Never met Shaky in person but often exchanged emails with him - he worked at BAES , Barrow and I worked at BAES Samlesbury.

I often wondered how he got the time to post so many posts……

It was a big shock when I woke up on that Sunday morning in January 2012..
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Having worked at BAES Samlesbury I agree. No time for posting on forums with all those brews to sup.
 
Never saw eye to eye with him but had many good battles with him. Still remember reading the posts when we heard the news and still see him as a perfect example as why we should all be looking out for each other and the good work JK has done in making the Mental Health forum available as it is.

No one ever knows what’s going on in peoples lives outside this place, but hopefully, people realise there is always someone out there who will listen, who may be going through the same, who may have been there before.

But no PNE fan is ever an island, no one will ever be on their own.
 
Ando60 said:
Never met Shaky in person but often exchanged emails with him - he worked at BAES , Barrow and I worked at BAES Samlesbury.

I often wondered how he got the time to post so many posts……

It was a big shock when I woke up on that Sunday morning in January 2012..
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Shaky passed away on Sunday afternoon @Ando60. I was working that Sunday night. Buzzer phoned me at 2130 just as I was about to fuel up to break the awful news to me. I thought it was a joke at 1st with a punchline coming. It simply didn't compute with me for around 10 seconds.

I always remember it was FA Cup 3rd Round Day and Paul Scholes had come out of retirement to play for United that afternoon. Funny what you remember.
 
Jack Daniels said:
Shaky passed away on Sunday afternoon @Ando60. I was working that Sunday night. Buzzer phoned me at 2130 just as I was about to fuel up to break the awful news to me. I thought it was a joke at 1st with a punchline coming. It simply didn't compute with me for around 10 seconds.

I always remember it was FA Cup 3rd Round Day and Paul Scholes had come out of retirement to play for United that afternoon. Funny what you remember.
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Cheers for straightening that out JD - I knew that it was Sunday.
 
jakehake said:
Never saw eye to eye with him but had many good battles with him. Still remember reading the posts when we heard the news and still see him as a perfect example as why we should all be looking out for each other and the good work JK has done in making the Mental Health forum available as it is.

No one ever knows what’s going on in peoples lives outside this place, but hopefully, people realise there is always someone out there who will listen, who may be going through the same, who may have been there before.

But no PNE fan is ever an island, no one will ever be on their own.
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Great post Jake.. I always feel that if I needed help then I could turn to this forum for support.

Full credit must go to JK and the rest of the mods for creating that environment
 
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