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Date Posted: 02:44:26 07/05/11 Tue
Author: Roxanne
Author Host/IP: host86-182-46-55.range86-182.btcentralplus.com / 86.182.46.55
Subject: Sunday at the grave... photo emailed.

It was an absolutely beautiful warm day in Cheltenham yesterday. There were many flowers as you can see, and quite a nice big crowd. One highlight was an elder man coming by who said Brian used to hang around his brother, and he knew Graham Ride, he said Brian was always looking for cigarettes to bum. But the highlight for me was that Helen Spittal was there!!!! I have seen her there before with her husband, and it’s always a thrill. I always get so excited to see her. For those who may not know, Helen was Brian’s biggest fan..... before any of us! She’s like our Godmother! she would hang outside Olympic Studios and wait for him to show up for sessions. The Stones knew her; she knew the Rolling Stones of the 1960’s! In 1969 she used to go there and Keith and Mick would always tell her that they didn’t think Brian was coming today : - ( The story has it that eventually they got Shirley Arnold to tell Brian and that led to her visiting Cotchford Farm a few weeks before his death.



Yesterday she shared a story with me. She told me that she had given Brian a birthday cake (I don’t know if she baked it, or bought it or whether it was 1968 or 1969), and she said afterward that she saw Suki and Suki told her that set up all the plates and all had a slice, and had a plate for Emily too, who had a slice (Brian’s dog). Here is a photo of her that I took yesterday behind the grave. I am just in awe that she knew Brian the way we would have all liked to, and that 1969 Rolling Stones knew HER.



Sioux, I placed your beautiful board on Brian’s grave as you can see, and requested a photo of Pat Andrews holding it for you. Both myself, and Pat, and others, loved your * footnote on it.

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