Hi I'm wondering if any on here knew of him.

https://www.facebook.com/peter.atkinson.549

He passed away Tuesday 22nd in his sleep.

He had been in Chiang Mai 6-12 months, he was around 69, about 6'3", and relativity skinny.

I hear he was playing guitar in a pub a day or so before he passed away.

Cheers

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Hi I'm wondering if any on here knew of him

i knew him

he ws a nice quiet man and had lots of musicians as friends

in cu corner lost hut maxims boy blues papa rock

etc in chiang mai

dave2

ps .. if anyone knows what the funeral arrangements

are or were ? please let me know

pps ... hes the man in the middle with the white shirt on

Sure is dave2. Knew him for over 30 years, and his Brother Kevin and his Mum Sonia.

Thanks for the pic.

Rest in peace

ive been told today

that peters funeral is at hai ya crematorium at 3 pm tomorrow the 1st april

which is at the bottom of thipanet road,

from chiang mai gate .. go down wului road to the traffic lights

turn right .... and immediatly left before the fire and rescue station

and its round the back of there !

dave2

im sorry i made a mistake on the first map:(;

the crematoriums location is here

dave2

Thanks dave 2. I wish I could be there but I'm in Australia.

If it was held here there would be a few hundred attending.

If you go could you post a few pics please.

Edited March 31, 201610 yr by Lantern

Rest In Peace Mate

Didn`t know the man but 69 is not living to a ripe old age.

The other day I was watching an old historic video on YouTube of London made in 1927. Except for the fashions not much seemed different and life went on very much the same as it does today. This all happened before I was born and will continue on after I die, which made me realise we are only allocated a short time on this World, could say we are visitors in fact.

Some people manage to leave their mark on the world, others just pass and fade away into oblivion. But I have learned to make the most of what I have, be proud of my own achievements and savoir every day I am breathing the air, even the polluted air of Chiang Mai, because none of us know when we are going to get the calling, there are no set rules as to what ages we will reach our final destinations.

I am not religious or preaching, this is my message to the people that complain about their lot and find faults in everything. We can be here one minute and gone the next. Remember that.

RIP to the gentleman Peter Atkinson.

Edited April 1, 201610 yr by cyberfarang

All the lads at work raised a glass to Peter last night, and wished him well on his continued journey.

He was a well travelled fellow, first going overseas to avoid the draft when Australia went to war with Vietnam.

He travelled for six years until he got a call from his mum that Gough Whitlam had declared an amnesty.

He worked as a surveyor in Africa for a few of those years.

He worked for me and was a director of the company I started in 1985.

He will be fondly remembered.

R.I.P. Pete.