There is a remembrance book in The Gazette office - please pop in and jot down your comments, memories and stories.
The funeral is at 11.45am on Thurs Jan 28th. at St Mary's Church, Swanage, followed by 'Jon's last gig' at The Red Lion, High Street, Swanage. All welcome.
Casual clothes only - no black please.
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Sad news indeed. The phrase 'larger than life character' was never more apt.
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We are very sad to hear this news. Jon will leave a huge hole in the heart of Swanage.
When thinking about Jon this quote came to mind:
'Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay awhile and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never ever the same.'
Thanks Jon for encouraging free expression and for all the years of fantastic live music.
Sincere wishes
Collette, Richard and Family
Playing the Blues is easy,feeling the blues as Jon did made you wanna wake up next mornin.We did gig together and i enjoyed every moment.My condolences to Jon's family.Jake Jacobs.
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New to Swanage, I saw a board a few weeks back outside a pub in town. The name Jon Sibthorpe rang a distant bell from the days at the Commonweal Grammar School in Swindon, around 1961-63, a time when I would have known Jon, though not personally, as a slightly older pupil.
I recollect some very good musicians in those days, the time of Moody Blues' Justin Hayward taking part in several 'End Of Term' concerts on the school stage. It was a stuffy old type of school, hooked on classics, but these pupils were up with the times then and showed their brilliance on stage in their teenage years. I have managed to confirm that Jon was at the school then and maybe I saw him perform, though that I can't actually confirm, though i knew of him as a musician as I was also pushing in those directions quite heavily.
A coincidence and a blessing that he made his home in Swanage some years ago and clearly brought with him his obvious talent.
My main regret is in not having the chance to have a chat with Jon before his 'final gig' ... as has been written.
Really a loss. Jon was a great guy to pass the time with and we had many a session setting everything to rights, interspersed with plenty of laughter. Personally I shall miss him and on behalf of the Swanage Residents Association, of which I was chairman for some years, he will be remembered as a good friend who gave us every encouragement – not to mention free editorial space in any issue of the Gazette that we cared to provide material for. Condolences to Jon’s family & friends.
Rowland Hughes
I wish i had met Jon very much earlier in his and my life. I feel honoured to have met him only weeks before he died and to have struck up such an intense friendship. He was passionate and loving, and i will miss him always.
Claire, who met him in France over red wine and animated conversation, and exchanged writing, thoughts and feelings with him until the day that he died.
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