There's an old saying - You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family, and it is so true, but I thank God every day for the father he bestowed on me. I could not have picked a better one, had I been given the choice. He believed in me no matter what and loved me unconditionally, as I do him.

My father, Barry Duffield Snr, passed away on the 9th July 2001.

I will miss him until the day I die.

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