stephen emery

Dave Thornton

Although I never met Dave or Carolyn I always enjoyed reading posts from them, particularly the light-hearted banter it generated. I am saddened by the news but it`s also nice to know that Scoobynet reacted in a very dignified manner.

Dave T-S

Hi again everyone

The support I have had has been tremendous, and really helps - thanks to all.

Life does seem very cruel sometimes, but Carolyn always took a positive attitude and just got on with it, and that's what I am trying to do right now too. I think it will take a long time to sink in though

I am honoured and lucky to have spent ten years in the company of someone that was so well thought of by so many people

GREEN SCOOBY

very very sorry to hear the bad news. my deapest go out to dave and family.

ROY

[Edited by GREEN SCOOBY - 9/30/2003 10:18:07 PM]

jimmy wrx

stu200

iTrader: (1)

Deepest sympathies to you and your family, Dave

JohnnyR6

My sincere condolences.

Tiss

Deepest sympathies and condolonces to Dave and family.

Peanuts

iTrader: (15)

Deepest sympathy..

P1555ED

In tears reading this thread, mum died of cancer recently, 17 year old brother died of meningitis. People say "I know how you feel" WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

Deepest sympathies

Carl and Mandi

AJbaseBloke

Dave, we've not met, but I wish much strength to you.

Funkii Munkii

Dave
Weve never met and only shared a few posts in my time on here,I would just like to pass on my condolences to you and yours.

Only on Sunday I was hanging some venetian blinds in my daughters bedroom and a beautiful red metallic Bugeye (headlamp conversion)with gold alloys and black tints cruised past and I remembered Carolyns Red bug eye from the numerous photos Dave had posted of their his and hers bug eyes which they had at the time, I would have loved owning either ,I remember I had one of those photos as my wallpaper for many months (with Dave's permission), It then dawned on me that I hadnt seen many posts from either Dave or Carolyn for a while, as when I 1st joined SNet in 2001 they were everywhere!!.

I was in shock when I read the BBS on Monday morning, it is terrible news, its nice to read you have so many fond memories, you will cherish them forever, I hope they bring you strength in your time of great sadness.

Dave

Dave T-S

Ah, the red bugeye........probably the favourite of Carolyn's three Imprezas

I remember the day she arrived home and said she had "kerbed a wheel" in the next village - a masterpiece of understatement as it turned out it had burst the front tyre (she said it appeared to handle a bit strange at 60mph the couple of miles or so of twisty road to our house ), which resulted in a new tyre, Prodrive 18" wheel, and both nearside struts rods were bent and had to be rebuilt at Leda, a total bill of £800

I didn't give her grief about it either.......

mutant_matt

I remember her saying something about it was the crap tyres that caused it IIRC...

Matt

Aram

Hi Dave,
I've also never met you and I am pretty new to Scoobynet itself, but I do want to wish u all the strength, luck and happiness for the future.
I myself lost one of my very best friends by cancer a few weeks back, he was 27.
(Perhaps there are some Lotus enthusiasts here who might heard of him, his name was Maarten van Sten a dutch Lotus garage owner)
So I know how u are feeling, and hearing things like this still brings tears to my eyes.
It changed my view on life, and has led me to a search on a nice STI 5 or 6 for example, perhaps a not so senseable thing to do, but I'm not gonna wait nymore untill I saved the money for it.
Nyway I'm brabbling on a bit, so i'll stop now.

greetings and goodluck from Holland

Aram

Dave T-S

Matt
PMSL

You are so right - Carolyn never did share my liking for Toyos LOL

Mind you, I had to replace the two fronts temporarily with my Falken FK451 track day wheels/tyres I had fried at Donno, and she liked them even less

Aram
Thanks

These things *do* change your life, and in a funny way for the better - you tend to concentrate more on what is important, and not get bent out of shape about the trivial things

Chris L

Well if its possible, reading a few of these replies has actually made me smile. Good memories. Probably the best way to remember Carolyn.

Cheers
Chris

Dave T-S

Chris

Yep

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

I'd like to add my bit too as Carolyn was someone I regarded as a friend. We always got on really well and shared many common interests which were not always easy to find in another girl, cars, cars, cars, jewellery, cars, hair/makeup/beauty, cars and a secret dislike for having kids, oh and cars

Dave and Carolyn were the first ever people I met from Scoobynet at the Much Hadham meet which seems like a very long time ago. I was only the third person to turn up and as it was my first meet I was a bit scared, there were already two scoobs there, two matching scoobs, his and hers, and I figured it had to be the one and only Dave & Carolyn TS who I'd shared much banter with but never met. It was and they were lovely, warm and friendly people and instantly made me feel part of the community. It also transpired through subsequent conversations that I'd actually met them both some years prior to this when I answered an ad in a local paper for a secondhand mobile phone. When I turned up at their house I was offered a choice between two matching mobiles, his or hers

Carolyn told me when she first got ill a couple of years ago and to say I was shocked then is a massive understatement but she bore it with great dignity and tremendous bravery and much to my astonishment managed to carry on with her life, her work and her hobbies during chemotherapy in pretty much the same way as she had done before the illness. I remember being with her at an SIDC track day at Donno when she'd just started chemo and watching as she pulled her hair out in clumpfulls, she'd just managed to grow it too, it really was awful to see but she still managed to smile and make a joke of it. Later, once the chemo had finished and her hair had started to grow back we were at the karting day at Whilton Mill and she dragged me off to the toilets to show me her new hair growth, when she took off her wig we both looked in the mirror and started to laugh our heads off at this fantastic new spikey hairdo she'd got She was so full of a love of life and a real zest for living that it seems doubly tragic that the illness she'd fought so hard came back to claim her when it seemed that she'd kicked it into touch

Carolyn was a warm, funny, sunny person and I don't think I ever saw her miserable. It seemed only fitting that on the day of her funeral the sun was shining in a cloudless sky. Dave said that she'd wanted the funeral to be a celebration of her life and, it was but it was also one of the hardest, saddest days that I've ever been through.

She will be sorely missed by all that knew her, not least of all by Dave. My thoughts are with them both.

Sal.xxx