The kids have just done their bit as Guiseley joined the rest of the country in marking the centenary of Armistice Day.
As I was delivering them to their respective meeting points, we talked about their granda who I am delighted to report is not dead.
I say this because it appears that half of Coleraine thought he was. He doesn't know how the rumour started but it certainly spread quickly.
So much so that, as he walked through the town centre yesterday morning, he was met by many startled faces who thought they'd seen a ghost. Literally.
At one point he bumped into my cousin who was both shocked and delighted to see him. Then her phone beeped. It was a text from a friend expressing their condolences at my father's "passing."
So, just to make clear, James Edmund Barcroft White Snr is alive and well and will hopefully be walking through the streets of Coleraine for many more years to come.
Cheers Dad.
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