Farewell Eddie

Sad news that Eddie Cecil, Lewis Coaches' longest serving driver of Charlton away coaches has passed away.  Eddie was a professional coach driver. He cared about all of his passengers and understood that Charlton games were different from OAP outings. He was a driver, a steward, "the law" on occasions and sometimes a fatherly figure to headstrong teenagers.


Eddie knew that the official supporters coaches were dry in more senses than one and always tried to give his passengers a little more leeway. A drink on the coach, a regular stop by a supermarket en route to the M1, a game of cards (which he relished) and a drop-off outside a "safe" pub at the other end. 


I could go on but I'll leave it there with an image in my mind of Eddie in his maroon Lewis' blazer giving orders, all the time with a fag in his mouth. Farewell Eddie.