| Location | Newcastle On Tyne |
| Age | 21 years |
| Date of Birth | 3/1984 |
| Date of Death | 8/2005 |
| Visitors | 2,607 since 24/03/2007 |
| Creator |
Grant Lee Alderson
born 05/03/1984
died 20/08/2005
aged 21 years
Apprentice Electrician
Brother of Lyndsey and Christopher
Tragically killed in motorbike accident
My son Grant shot into this world in record time taking only 7 minutes to be born. As a baby and toddler he was a very timid little boy but always had a happy smile. When he was small he was a bit of a loner, preferring to play on his own with his fisher price garage and cars but once his baby brother Christopher came along, he became a lot more sociable. He had a mania for Hornby train sets and Scalectrix racing cars and while he was growing up, our sitting room floor was always covered in either train tracks or racing tracks.
He had a close friend also called Christopher who lived round the corner to us and they were very good friends for most of Grant's childhood. Christopher moved away to Wakefield to live, but whenever he came home to visit his Grandma, he would visit us and off the pair of them would go, getting up to all the normal childhood pranks young boys get up to.
I met Christopher's Grandma and she was telling me that Christopher was devastated when he heard of Grant's death.
Grant was a happy go lucky person who loved to laugh and always saw the funny side of life, he liked to make those around him laugh and at school was always the class clown, he got through life with his sunny personality. There were always a constant stream of friends calling at the door for him especially Ian, Danny and Kevin, and he seemed to be a very popular young boy. He was a very sensitive boy and if you put a baby in front of him, he would physically melt, he was always very gentle with animals and I feel had he lived he would have made a wonderful father.
He lived his life to the full, since being a toddler he loved anything with wheels or an engine. Grant was always building and fixing remote control cars, planes and helicopters. He had his first love affair at 16 and passed his driving test at 17. We felt this was very young, but now looking back we realise it was meant to be.
Grant was a normal teenager with all the normal teenage angst, we fell out over him getting a motorbike and I told him either the bike went or he went, he decided the bike was the better option and after many rows he left home. He got a job at Asda and started college as an apprentice electrician. He made many very good friends at Asda especially, Caroline, Andy, Yvonne and Michael, he also met a girl called Lisa and they set up home together, both being very young this did'nt work out so when Grant's sister got a flat he asked if he could go and live with her.
While at college Grant met a friend called Kevin, his family seemed to take to Grant and he used to go on motorbike rallies with them. Grant was very happy with them and he started to build bridges back up with us.
Things were progressing well and Grant started visiting again, staying for meals and staying overnight with us. I was amazed at how mature he had become and he appeared determined to make a success of his life, he had so many plans for the future and was focussing on buying his first home. Not yet being 21 meant he would have to wait a few months before he could get a mortgage, but this made him even more determined to earn as much money for his first house as he could.
He went to work in Doncaster in January 2005 and was on his last week down there when he came up home for the weekend. He arrived back in Newcastle about 4.00pm and as it was such a beautiful day decided to take his new bike out for a run up to Rothbury. It was on his way back that he was so cruelly killed.
We all loved him so much and I cannot comprehend the thought that I will never see him or speak to him again. He is in my heart and mind every minute of every day. At his funeral hundreds of people turned up and it was lovely to see all his old friends had taken the time and trouble to come and say their final goodbye to him. I will love you forever Grant and I miss you so very very much, I feel I had you for such a short time and that you shot out of this world as quickly as you shot into it, but I feel privileged to have been your mum.
We hold you close within our hearts, and there you will remain
To walk with us, throughout our lives, until we meet again.
Grant's mum would like all friends and relatives to join her in building this memorial to Grant. Please add your impressions, memories or photos of him so everyone who visits this site can also appreciate what a loss he is to this world.
Grant I always remember coming to your house to play with Lyndsey, me and her were always together, best friends forever. Your mam used to make those fab angel delight ice lollies. I remember you, Lyndsey, Christopher and I driving your mam crackers swinging on the rota dryer! I used to have so much fun at your house, you, Christopher and Lyndsey were like the brothers and sister I didn't have. I lost touch with Lyndsey when we left school which I was devastated about . I was reading the chronicle and saw the unbelievably sad news that you had been in that awful accident And I just couldn't believe it. I came to your funeral and that's when I got back in touch with Lyndsey. It was lovely to get back in touch but such a shame it took something so sad to help us find each other again. I hope your in peace and know how much your family and friends miss you. Lyndsey always talks about you when I see her or speak to her and I know she misses you like crazy. RIP x
Friends are like flowers
Each unique in their own way
Put them all together
What a wonderful bouquet
Some are really brilliant
Full of light sharp and clear
While others are more subdued
To both you can adhere
You are a flower in my garden
That makes up my bouquet
My friends you all make
A very impressive display.
love as always Alison xxxxxxxxxxx
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it only takes a little space ;
to say how much we miss you ;
but it will take
all our lives ;
to forget the day we lost you
thinking of you and your loved ones today as always ;
love Alison xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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A FRIEND GIVES HOPE
WHEN LIFE IS LOW,
A FRIEND IS A PLACE
WHEN YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO,
A FRIEND IS HONEST,
A FRIEND IS TRUE,
A FRIEND IS PRECIOUS,
THAT FRIEND IS YOU.
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LOVE AS ALWAYS ALISON XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I need to tell you something,
That I hope will help you see...
I'm not sad in heaven,
Because God is here with me.
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It was on the day I left you,
That I saw the tears you cried,
But please don't worry about me,
God keeps me by His side.
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I'll save a place here for you,
In heaven next to me...
Where we can be together,
The way you wanted us to be.
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For now, please know I love you,
And dry those tears you cry...
I'll wait for you in heaven,
Where we will never say goodbye.
love as always Alison xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
♥ ♥ No words we write can ever say♥ ♥
♥ ♥ How much we miss you every day.♥ ♥
♥ ♥ As time goes by, the loneliness grows;♥ ♥
♥ ♥ How we miss you, nobody knows!♥ ♥
♥ ♥ we think of you in silence,♥ ♥
♥ ♥ we often speak your name,♥ ♥
♥ ♥ But all we have are memories♥ ♥
♥ ♥ And photos in a frame.♥ ♥
♥ ♥ No one knows our sorrow,♥ ♥
♥ ♥ No one sees us weep,♥ ♥
♥ ♥ But the love we have for you♥ ♥
♥ ♥ Is in our hearts to keep.♥ ♥
love as always Alison xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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MAY I TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
ALTHOUGH IF YOU FEEL ANYTHING LIKE I DO, YOU WILL BE
MAKING THE BEST YOU CAN OF IT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE CHRISTMAS TO THINK OF AND MISS OUR LOVED ONES, BUT AT THIS TIME IT BECOMES ALMOST UNBEARABLE, HOWEVER, HAVING FOUND YOU MY GTS FRIEND, I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL YOU KNOW HOW I THINK AND YOU CERTANLY KNOW HOW I HURT, MORE SO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
MAY I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU HAVE SHOWN TO ME, FOR THE CANDLES, VERSES AND PICTURES FOR JOEY AND LINDSAY THEY MEAN SOOOOOOOOO MUCH TO ME. I SHALL CONTINUE TO LIGHT YOUR LOVED ONES, WHEN I LIGHT THEM A CANDLE I ALWAYS AM THINKING OF YOU YOUR KINDNESS AND SUPPORT.
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LOVE AS ALWAYS ; SEASONAL GREETINGS TO YOU AND YOURS
ALISON AND GIRLS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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love as always Alison xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Never think you are on your own
I`d never let you walk alone
When you`re down and want to cry
Let it out, let your tears run dry,
I watch and guide you everyday
So that you can find your way
And when you`re down and in despair
Just call my name and i`ll be there,
Right by your side through good and bad
But you need never feel sad,
Until it`s time for your journey home
Just remember you`re not on your own
We`ll meet again sometime soon
And we`ll be together, like the stars and moon
love as always Alison ; Joey and Lindsay;s mum
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been having trouble getting on ; but i still thought about my angels ; god bless you and your loving family; love Alison ; mum of Joey and Lindsay keenan xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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