| Location | London |
| Age | 44 years |
| Date of Birth | 10/1961 |
| Date of Death | 8/2006 |
| Visitors | 1,240 since 20/05/2007 |
| Creator |
KEVIN RICHARD GODLEY
BORN; 24th OCTOBER 1961
DIED; 22nd AUGUST 2006
AGE 44
Immediate family;
WIFE; SABENA
DAUGHTER; DANIELLE.
DAUGHTER; SHANA.
DAUGHTER; REECY.....
This web page has moved from Kev's original site over to here on 20th May 2007.....all the
candles & tributes/messages left on Kev's other site have also been moved over to this
one.....Thankyou to all concerned for your patience & understanding in having to make this
move.....
ABOUT KEVIN.
***********
Kev was a really popular guy with tons of mates & a really large family.....
we all miss him like crazy.
On Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 at about 8pm, I was at my computer & Chris {DH} was in the garden
fixing up one of our sons bikes when a phone call came through on Chris's mobile saying that
Kev had died as a result of a motor bike crash while on his way home from work at around 5:15pm that
evening,
Chris just screamed & came running in from the garden to me, where he just fell to his knees. I
knew from his reaction to the phone call that someone had died, but I didn't know straight away
who it was.....I couldn't make much sense of what he was saying & took the phone from his
hand....Nikki, my sister-in-law was on the line & told me what had happened.
I was totally numb, I didn't react in any way to start with really. Looking back I think I was
in a state of disbelief & shock....it must have been about 11pm before it all started kicking in
for me.
I just concentrated on getting Chris together......We went straight round to Chris's mum's
(Kev's sister) house.....that evening started the hardest year for all his family......
Kevin touched the lives of so many people in so many ways. It's so daft really, because when a
person is here with us, we often don't realise what they actually meant to us.....not what they
REALLY meant.
Kevin was a strong Man with a strong personality & a strong sense of justice.
He loved life, he loved his family and he loved the thrill of freedom. He put others first. He loved
to see everyone happy and did his best to make them that way. He loved to laugh and to make others
laugh. Kev had a wicked sense of humour & a wicked laugh too. He was forever cracking a joke or
teasing someone. It was hard to get mad at Kev & stay mad....
If Kev loved you, he'd make that obvious....if he wasn't too keen about you, that came
over too, what you saw is what you got...he never always had loads to say. He'd watch &
observe stuff.....he went a lot deeper than most realised did Kev.
He always saw the funny side of life & had the knack of putting a smile on everyone's
face....even when things would seem at there worst. He alway's had a story to tell....A story
that no matter how serious it was supposed to be...he would somehow have us in stitches over. Kevin
brought a lot of happiness to anyone he met & he would want to be remembered for those times...
One of the hardest things to come to terms with after someone goes so suddenly is the fact that
it's then too late to tell them all the stuff you should have told them while they were still
around.
I know for all those that loved Kev, given half the chance, just wanted to tell him what a great Guy
he was & how much he was actually loved & respected.
So many times I've wished I just had one last chance to tell him all of this.
He had a really big impact on my life & not a lot of people can have that for me.
I never would have thought in a million years that I'd be writing this stuff about Kev on a
memorial site to him.
He was the kind of Guy that you just think would always be there.
A year down the line almost & I still think I hear his motorbike revving & expect to see him
again, I still find myself looking at someone as if I see Kev looking back....
I wish I could see him just one last time to be able to say "goodbye"
To be able to have the strongest bear hug I've ever felt in my life.
The kind of bear hug that only Kev could give....& his smile, to see that great big beaming
smile just once more.
I've still yet to see in someone other than Kev, the cheekiest twinkle I've ever seen in
anyone's eyes.
The look that let you know, no matter what it was, everything would turn out fine.
Kev had some great qualities...qualities that you only come across once in a lifetime.
THE SHOOTING STAR.
*****************
The night sky is made up of thousands of stars,
that sparkle and shine in their own way.
Each one lights up the next as if to touch each other,
but every now and then one star will shine brighter, move faster
and illuminate the whole sky, touching and affecting everything in its path and everyone that should
gaze upon its beauty.
And as you reach out and believe you can touch this star,..........
it's gone.
Taken from everyone, but leaving a sense, a knowing,
.....you had met this star, known this star and believed in this star.
Kevin Godley was truly a shooting star amongst us ordinary stars.
And as something so wonderful in your life that fills you completely with awe. For that short but
overwhelming moment that he gave to us all.
We will remember him.
(Dedicated to the memory of Kevin by his work buddy - Kevin Malham) Known to us as Kev 1
CANDLES & TRIBUTES
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Feel free to light a candle for Kevin, Write something you may wish to say to him, Leave a message
to his family, whatever you like.
That's the reason we created this web site, For you.....To remember Kevin the way he would want
to be remembered, so we could all share in keeping him alive in our memories as well as our hearts
& somehow feel just a little bit closer to him.
A TRIBUTE TO KEVINS BIKER FRIENDS:
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Kevin loved life & he also loved the thrill of feeling free. Being on his bike surrounded by
those that shared his passion brought a lot of happiness to Kevin. I want to say at this point that
Chris & I have nothing but respect & admiration for all the Bikers that gather regularly up
at Blackheath, London, UK. & indeed for Bikers everywhere.
For the way they have conducted themselves since this tragedy occurred. For the way they have
displayed their love for Kevin & for his family. For the way they have shown great tenderness
& care in our grief. For being the people that Kevin loved to be with. We'd like to say
THANK YOU to every last one of Kevin's friends.
THE WORLDS GREATEST:
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I am a mountain
I am a tall tree
I am a swift wind
Sweepin' the country
I am a river
Down in the valley
I am a vision
And I can see clearly
If anybody asks u who I am
Just stand up tall look 'em in the Face and say
I'm that star up in the sky
I'm that mountain peak up high
Hey, I made it
I'm the worlds greatest
And I'm that little bit of hope
When my backs against the ropes
I can feel it
I'm the worlds greatest
I am a giant
I am an eagle
I am a lion
Down in the jungle
I am a marchin' band
I am the people
I am a helpin' hand
And I am a hero
If anybody asks u who I am
Just stand up tall look 'em in the Face and say
I'm that star up in the sky
I'm that mountain peak up high
Hey, I made it
I'm the worlds greatest
And I'm that little bit of hope
When my backs against the ropes
I can feel it mmm
I'm the worlds greatest
In the ring of life I'll reign love
And the world will notice a king
When all is darkest, I'll shine a light
And use a success you'll find in me
I'm that star up in the sky
I'm that mountain peak up high
Hey, I made it
I'm the world's greatest
And I'm that little bit of hope
When my back's against the ropes
I can feel it
I'm the world's greatest
I saw the light
At the end of a tunnel
Believe in the pot of gold
At the end of the rainbow
And faith was right there
To pull me through
Used to be locked doors
Now I can just walk on through
Dad I Love You x Reecy x
Dad its me reecy all though your looking down at us why isit that your not helping me like before? you used to give me answers that only i could read but why isit that im getting so confused now ? :S
i feel so alone just liek no body cares anymore and we have no suport
before you insured us everything would be alright and it would but now its getting harder
i just need you by my side to straighten my head out
dad i love you with al my heart and not a day goes by when i wish to wake up to your open arms ready to give me a hug! i need you here . well not long il see you soon and we can be together for ever xxxx Reecy xxxx
flowers
Hi kev
Hope you like the flowers
And the visit
Who would of thort that
I would bye you flowers
I bet your lol at us
With that big grin
Still glad the rain stop
And the sun came out
Must have been you smile
And the robin sitting on
The wall made the moment
I bet you was surprised at
How big baby cherry is as
She sat near you and gave
You a kiss from all of us
Me and the wife will always
Light a candle at ower home
As we do for shelly mum &
Family. See you soon love
From all X X
X
X X
Hello Kev
Hiya Kev x
I facebooked u on your birthday ha ha ha ha ...x
your Headstone is lovely Kev, Sabena n Girls have done u proud there Bro...x
Gotta say I had a Major Blonde Moment (nothin new).....
after realising your headstone obviously goes at the head of your grave it dawned on I've bin Talking to your Feet for 2yrs.....lol....8-)
bet you knew that all along didn't ya...Cheeky..x.x
our thoughts are with your family
2 years on and we hope that life is a little easier for your family. No family could ever really get over loosing such an amazing man as you.
still loving you x
hard to believe it's almost 2yrs Kev, not so long ago I couldn't go 2 months without seeing your smile, hearing you laugh. I'm thankful I have you in my heart for ever more cuz I only have to close my eyes an your there large as life, laughing, smiling, taking the piss as usual...lol.x
I'm taking the boys to Ireland for a while so we will be lighting a candle and saying prayers for you there on the 22nd, it will be a sad day for all who knew you but I'm sure you'l be around somewhere making sure we all share a laugh with you, in memory of you, love you forever Kev xxx
Little Sis n Boys xxx
Lost ya street cred on this one???
Hi Kev, and Hi to everyone.
Well another story about the chuckle Brothers, only Kev wasn't chuckling this time!
We were going to have such an easy day, late start and of course an early knock off.
All we had to do was change a sani flow unit, two hours tops.
A sani flow is a unit that chops up your toilet room waste and pumps it away via a small pipe.
Well we turned up and started to strip out all the boxing and paneling that was around the bath and toilet. Thats when we saw the mess of pipe work that had caused the old unit to burn out. So we needed pipe and fittings from the plumbing shop.
Kev said he had it all in hand and could manage the removal of this unit while I went to get the parts needed. Fantastic.
Off I go and Kev sets two with this unit.
Ten minutes and I'm at the plumbers and I get a call from Kev, call went something like this;
'Hello Kev'
'Got a problem mate'
'Whats that then?'
'Well........'
'Ya, well what?'
'Well you know this loo?'
'Ya'
'Well how easy would it be to change it?'
'Not to difficult, why?'
'I think we need to change it'
'No we ain't got time for that Kev I want to go home early'
'We ain't going home early mate'
'What ya done Kev?'
And now very defensive Kev explains.
'It wern't me, it just fell apart, all I did was give it a little tug, the toilet old anyway, I'm sure it was cracked before we started.'
I've now got my head in my hands, and then the blame turns! Kev then goes on to say;
'You should of spotted that when you looked at the job.'
Me, my fault. Can you believe this man.
'Anyway we need a new toilet, and Kev be quick there's something else, can't explain just be quick.'
Well I drive back to the house and when I go inside the first thing I notice is the smell, God, the house stunk of poo.
Then the bucket under the ceiling light fitting, and of course dripping water into the bucket??????
I raced upstairs not knowing what I'm going to find. What I did find is a picture of Kev that I hope to share with you now.
In this medium size bathroom Kev is kneeling on the floor trying to mop up alot of brown coloured water with the ladies toilet paper. Amonst all the mountain of paper he had all around him there were small lumps of stuff, I think you know!
To his right there was a toilet broken in half and to his left a sani flow unit, Broken in half!!!!!!!
To this day I dont know how it all happened.
The house stunk, the bathroom was covered with brown water and Kev was wet and covered in poo. It was all over his jeans and top and he had suspicious marks on his forehead, cheeks and hands.
He was looking at me with those puppy dog eyes and his only words were;
'Help me mate, pleeeease'
How could I not.
He cost me dear that day, again, and we both went home stinking. Took me weeks to remove the smell from the van.
Oh ya, we didn't get that early knock off.
But we had a laugh, for weeks actully.
Thanks for memories Kev.
Love and miss ya.
Kev one. X
Tea Hut
Hi Kev xxx
thinking of you as always , just a quick message for all.... check out www.teatimemovie.com
short film about life at the Heath
gotta tell ya nick kev would be pissing his pants mate, u take care all our love Kev's family & friends xxx
Didn
Well here we are again, another Christmas, where does the time go?
I said I'll tell on ya Kev, and I'm gonna again.
I don't suppose anyone knows this one?
Knew you wouldn't tell.
It was about this time of year Kev and I was fitting a bathroom, not a big budget one just one of those quick out and in ones. or you would think so!
Kev loved spending my money on customers and he had a way of making me spend it. At the end of some jobs I would wonder how I had made such little money, and when the penny dropped I would vale never again.......Again! should never of let you talk me into half the things you did.
Well, after fitting all new pipes instead of using the old ones, Kev went outside to fill the holes that the old pipes had left. Not exciting I know, just filling holes, five minute job, tops!
Well, I'm inside fitting the shower. Forty minutes later kev's still outside and his huffs and puffs have become *%$>'s and *!@/?'s. I thought I'd leave him to it for a while, or at least until the *%$>'s and *!@/?'s had stopped. I'm not that stupid to come between a man and his swearing.
Well I fitted the shower curtain, bath panel with timber frame, toilet seat and bath tap shower head holder.
we're now looking at the best part of two hours and believe me the noises outside had not got any better.
Feeling brave I opened the window to ask if all was ok. Kev was not happy. 'This bloody ready mix cement you've bought is crap' he barked at me. ' I should make you do this' He snarled 'Bloody crappy stuff'. And so on.
Well, all I could do was smile, inwardly of course!
Kev went on to tell me how long he had been out in the cold, how he was fed up with the 'Bloody ready mix' that I had bought. But what was winding him up the most was how quick the cement was going hard. As soon as he got it on the wall it was hard, couldn't spread it, couldn't do anything with it, only dig it out and start again. And of course the bucket and trowels were getting messed up with this fast setting cement. The wall was a mess and the floor too where Kev had got angre and just thrown it to the floor.
After listening to all this I simple asked one question;
'How much sand you put with that mix Kev?'.
'Sand, none, why?' He asked. Then the penny dropped for him. It wasn't ready mix!
He was mixing neat cement and trying to work with it.
I found this funny, but what was more of a laugh was watching Kev try and convince himself and me that it looked like ready mix, even though it had blue circle cement written on the side.
Kev was very red that day.
So you 'Didn't kown it all. Did ya?'
Between you and me, it may of taken two hours but he did it, he filled them holes with neat cement and their still like it today.
Never known anyone like him, his moto would be;
Never give up,
Never give in, and
I'm never wrong.
Well that day. two out of three weren't bad.
There is another day that Kev's moto didn't work and he ended up covered in poo.......I'll save that for another day.
Can only finish by saying,
I love you man, you are the worlds greatest.
Thinking of you at xmas.
To Sibina and the Girls.
Another xmas is going to pass and still someone is missing by your side.
Although not missing completely,
in your thoughts, he's there.
In your hearts, he's there.
In your everyday, he's there.
This song is so true. He was the worlds greatest.
All his old clients still talk about him and remember the silly games he would play on me, and somtimes them.
Their thoughts like ours are with you all the time.
Take care this xmas.
all our love,
Kev 1, Heidi and family.
xxxxxx
Didn't know it all. Did ya?
Well here we are again, another Christmas, where does the time go?
I said I'll tell on ya Kev, and I'm gonna again.
I don't suppose anyone knows this one?
Knew you wouldn't tell.
It was about this time of year Kev and I was fitting a bathroom, not a big budget one just one of those quick out and in ones. or you would think so!
Kev loved spending my money on customers and he had a way of making me spend it. At the end of some jobs I would wonder how I had made such little money, and when the penny dropped I would vale never again.......Again! Should never of let you talk me into half the things you did.
Well, after fitting all new pipes instead of using the old ones, Kev went outside to fill the holes that the old pipes had left. Not exciting I know, just filling holes, five minute job, tops!
Well, I'm inside fitting the shower. Forty minutes later kev's still outside and his huffs and puffs have become *%$>'s and *!@/?'s. I thought I'd leave him to it for a while, or at least until the *%$>'s and *!@/?'s had stopped. I'm not that stupid to come between a man and his swearing.
Well I fitted the shower curtain, bath panel with timber frame, toilet seat and bath tap shower head holder.
we're now looking at the best part of two hours and believe me the noises outside had not got any better.
Feeling brave I opened the window to ask if all was ok. Kev was not happy. 'This bloody ready mix cement you've bought is crap' he barked at me. ' I should make you do this' He snarled 'Bloody crappy stuff'. And so on.
Well, all I could do was smile, inwardly of course!
Kev went on to tell me how long he had been out in the cold, how he was fed up with the 'Bloody ready mix' that I had bought. But what was winding him up the most was how quick the cement was going hard. As soon as he got it on the wall it was hard, couldn't spread it, couldn't do anything with it, only dig it out and start again. And of course the bucket and trowels were getting messed up with this fast setting cement. The wall was a mess and the floor too where Kev had got angre and just thrown it to the floor.
After listening to all this I simple asked one question;
'How much sand you put with that mix Kev?'.
'Sand, none, why?' He asked. Then the penny dropped for him. It wasn't ready mix!
He was mixing neat cement and trying to work with it.
I found this funny, but what was more of a laugh was watching Kev try and convince himself and me that it looked like ready mix, even though it had blue circle cement written on the side.
Kev was very red that day.
So you 'Didn't kown it all. Did ya?'
Between you and me, it may of taken two hours but he did it, he filled them holes with neat cement and their still like it today.
Never known anyone like him, his moto would be;
Never give up,
Never give in, and
I'm never wrong.
Well that day. two out of three weren't bad.
There is another day that Kev's moto didn't work and he ended up covered in poo......
I'll save that for another day.
Can only finish by saying,
I love you man, you are the worlds greatest.
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