Just been told the sad sad news that Tony Evans has passed away.

Tony is/was a regular on the soul scene and those that knew him will know him to be a top lad, always up for a laugh and p*ss take of something or someone. My thoughts and sympathies with his family and friends, he will be missed.

R.I.P. Tony.

Edited February 1, 201411 yr by chalky

Just been told the sad sad news that Tony Evans has passed away.

 

Tony is/was a regular on the soul scene and those that knew him will know him to be a top lad, always up for a laugh and p*ss take of something or someone. My thoughts and sympathies with his family and friends, he will be missed.

 

R.I.P. Tony.

God bless Tony, top bloke. R.I.P  Steve and Lou. XXX

Top bloke & 1st class pisstaker !RIP tony ! The box smoking area will never B the same !!

Edited February 1, 201411 yr by hornet

Sad news,R.I.P.Tony.....danny

R.I.P Tony,such a nice guy and a laugh,God Bless,gone to see our Den in soul heaven x 

A very sad loss .. he was indeed a lovely bloke ... RIP  Tony xx

 

pete n' susan

I'm speachless and gutted, top character and very missed.

great fella will be missed rip 

Eh??!! RIP Tony x

Just learned my mate tony Evans from stoke passed away earlier today.

God bless big man

Play you a tune tonight

X

Dazz

Another fellow Stokie with our typical dry sense of humour has been lost to the sands of time.

Tony was mine and Beggsys chauffeur of choice for quite a few airport trips when Stateside bound, and Tony would pick us up on our early Monday morning return with a flask of coffee and welcoming snacks.

He would also take great pleasure in telling me he'd made a handsome profit on whatever 45 he had bought from me and sold on a few months later.....bless him!

Take care big man, we may have lost touch somewhat in the last 18 months, but as a fellow clayhead you were always gonna be a loveable rogue!

Sleep well, will bring oatcakes to the reunion....

Regards

Mace

sad news rip tony

Top man, so sorry to hear the sad news

 

RIP Tony

 

x

Not seen him for a bit. Feck me, terrible news.

RIP

Devastated to hear the sad news about Tony was only talking to him couple weeks ago about going fishing at Cudmore will be missed greatly by everyone who knew him great man ...

Our thoughts & prayers are with his Family & close friends ....

Ian & Jane x

 That's a real shame terrible news, that version of billy butler on that black belgium /popcorn boot i will never forget ! i think we all had hours of him trying to convince us, as well as himself it was a bit of something ... another good one lost Bidds ,Radcliffe etc.. won't quite be the same again.all the best Tony.

R.I.P & God bless xx

absolutely devastated A real Gentleman and a great friend , I bet Nashee and Ted are destroyed over this. He was a bloody fine human , what a shame , what a real shame, some time back on the way to Nottingham nighter I got pulled by the police and my tire was illegal the copper let me park at the irish until I got it changed . no problem tony said when you want to go back to derby I'll take you and he did . I always loved sitting with him and talking records then he's say si listen to this and start playing alternative cuts of big sounds done by a gang of Mexican prisoners or something really obscure on his phone a little bit of light has just gone out on the Earth and I'll miss him with his kind and cheeky smile . God bless big Tony.

Oh my god. I can`t believe I`m reading this. Was only talking to him on the phone the other week. Arranging our annual days fishing. Which we never do. What a really good friend Tony has been to both myself and my wife over the years. Sad, Sad, loss indeed. Our thoughts go out to Tony`s Friends and Family at this terrible time. R.I.P DEAR FRIEND.

So sad. Bless you Tony XX

RIP Tony, great fella

Very sad news, Tony always had a sense of humour and could banter with anyone. Enjoyed many conversations on vinyl, often in the late hours.....

 

Condolences to family and relatives,

 

Will be missed on the scene - RIP

R i,p Tony

Very sad news indeed RIP Tony you always took the P out of me great guy you will be missed greatly 

 

Condolences to you & your family 

 

Regards Kev 

My mate Tone. There aren't enough superlatives to describe what a lovely human being you were. Was looking forward to our Prestatyn weekend and prodding you to stop snoring!

Your passing has saddened me greatly and I will miss you big time.

Digging you out of the snow at Skeggy while you sat in your car laughing will stick with me forever.

Rest In Peace in soul heaven. See ya again one day big man xx

 top man with a heart of gold god bless you  tony 

Was talkin to tony at xmas ,a regular at soultown nites and a real gent sadly missed.

Another sad day for this scene of ours. Tony was a great bloke, and passionate about his music, as was proved with the Billy Butler release mentioned by Mr Dyson earlier, after hearing the story of how it was a private/family release on Billy Butlers own label, and was never commercially available, and how he came to be in possession of it, a story that he told with such conviction, I almost found myself convinced it wasn't the European popcorn boot that I'd seen before, and almost ready to accept it as described!

A heart as big as a lion, and a warmness that can't be faked. 

 

R.I.P. Tony

Ah yes he loved to tell the BB saga !!, will be sorely missed, this is hard to take in and i,m gonna miss ya Bro.

 

RIP Tony, love ya and see you one day soon

 

Loz & Ian xx

RIP Tony.

Gail called him Tony Telephone because he always had his phone out texting or messing, he was out & about every week & I'm glad we knew him, a good laugh & an ace piss taker, as well as a gent, he'll be sadly missed. R.I.P. Tony.  

Spot & Gail.  

didnt know tony  personally but respect to a fellow soulie and RIP

 

mark freeman

RIP very sad..only met him half a dozen times maybe but would chat like id known him all my life..remember sitting in his motor outside bidds for ages talking about rnb..while nicci and des were searching for me all over, worried id had a bad hypo (diabetic) somewhere and keeled over :-)

Thanks to all the lovely comments regarding my brother Tony Evans I didn't realise that he had lovely friends like your selves  that respected him not only as a fellow soul mate but as a close friend we all miss him deeply and to the people who say he was a p-taker you've got him summed up in 1 he loved to joke and mess about if anybody would like any information regarding the funeral and would like to pay there respects please ask and I can forward the information onto your selves kind regards Mandy Evans.

EVANS Tony (Antony) Suddenly whilst at home on February 1st 2014. Tony aged 53 years of Chesterton. Father of Wayne and Kimberley, brother to Julia, Ron, Mandy and Sean, son of the late Audrey and Ron and a well loved uncle. Tony will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by all his loving family and many friends. Funeral service and cremation to be held at Bradwell Crematorium on Friday 14th February 2014 at 12.40pm. Will all relatives please accept this the only intimation, friends wishing to attend please meet at the crematorium. All inquiries to: HOPKINSON WOOTTON LOVATT Independent Funeral Directors 15 Chetwynd Street Wolstanton ST5 0EQ Telephone: 01782 715152

Yes Ted and I were devastated to hear the news of Tony's death.

He was your original gentle giant..with a heart as big as a bucket,

and a sense of humour to match

We will be there next Friday to give the big guy a good send off.

For sat nav users the post code for Bradwell Crematorium is ST5 8LE

OMG, I'm totally shocked and stunned by this news, I can't believe it, such a great guy and friend who will be missed by all.   R.I.P. my very good friend, your memory will live on in our hearts forever.

Tony was a true gent with a wicked sense of humour.

My Condolences to his loved ones at this very sad time.

R.I.P big fella

Hi all, I would like to say thank to all who came to Tony's funeral yesterday, and all the ones who were thinking about us, at this very sad time. Tony was a very liked man by,  please think about him while you are dancing as he will be dancing with you all. I believe there is going to be an all nighter on his birthday 8th March @ cobridge TA, if anyone is going please let me know & we can meet up! Thanks again to all his friends. Xxx

Hi all, I would like to say thank to all who came to Tony's funeral yesterday, and all the ones who were thinking about us, at this very sad time. Tony was a very liked man by,  please think about him while you are dancing as he will be dancing with you all. I believe there is going to be an all nighter on his birthday 8th March @ cobridge TA, if anyone is going please let me know & we can meet up! Thanks again to all his friends. Xxx

Hi Mandy hope you're all ok the service was lovely , best regards Simon.

Hi Mandy hope you're all ok the service was lovely , best regards Simon.

Hi Simon, many thanks for coming, it meant so much to us all, that Tony friends were were there to support us in this sad time! Hope to meet up with a few people on his Birthday @ Cobridge 8th March. Xx

still in shock,i will miss our conversations at silly oclock hours of the night he had a heart of gold,will try to make it on the 8th,god bless him.

Only just found out about this and very shocked. Had many good chats with Tony. RIP my friend.