Nicks 1st birthday 

           


      Our family was perfect.
     Nick was the final piece of the Stamp jigsaw.
He slotted into place and made the family picture complete.
 He was adored by his brothers  Nev and Nath. 
His first birthday was upon us in the blink of an eye.

         
At Uncle Alan and Auntie Annies wedding Nick stole the bridesmaids hat.

 This was the start of a long love of hats of all description 
        

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our beautiful sons

Nick was little cousin to Peter, Melissa, Melina, Natalie, Megan, Carly, and Luke.
Nick was so pleased to be a big cousin at last.
When Elliott was born he loved him to bits.
His pleasure was doubled when Jake was born two years later. 

Nick started at the Wendy House Playgroup in January.
He made lots of friends.
 Among them was Jonathan, Steven and Sophie.
They remained good friends all of his life.

 
Nick started school
 in September.
He could hardly wait to be at big school like his brothers.
 He loved it from the word go.

 Nick played his first "proper" footie match.
 He was asked to join Nathans team when they were short of players.
He played in goal and loved every minute.
We didn't get a moments peace from then on, until he joined  Woodley Saints.

   

29th May,
 we travelled to Wembley to watch the playoff final against Bolton. Nick was hooked on  RFC from that moment onwards

[ Even though they lost]
He wouldn't have a bad word said against them.

Nick adored our new puppies.
He named them after Reading F.C. players.
Dylan and Archie were the new loves of his life.    
 

   

Nick didn't find school work very easy, but he loved the social aspect of it.
He always wanted to go to school,  even when he had to give up his playtime to catch up with work.
 

         
Nick went on a school field trip to Rhos -y- Gwalia in Wales.
This was his first time away from home.

         

 Nick started at Maiden Erlegh Secondary School in September.
 He made so many new friends .

  The New Millenium

              
We saw in the year 2000 in Cornwall with our family

Nick travelled to Holland with Woodley Saints for a football tour

We went on holiday to Menorca.Nev and Nath didn't come because of football commitments.
 Nick had to put up with the wrinklies.


 England beat Germany  5-1, it made Nicks holiday!

  
Nick played his last game for Woodley Saints after nine years  loyal service.
In his last season, he played for Laurel Park F.C.

 Nick spent his last holiday  with his mum in Cornwall. 
Nick became good friends with Hannah

This was Nicks last school photo.


It was taken two weeks before his accident.
We received it two weeks after.

In Portugal there is a large English population. Nicks disappearance
caused much concern. The newspaper for the English community reported his accident, but unfortunately got a few facts wrong.

The days after Nicks accident were unbearable.
We walked and walked for miles and many times
found ourselves at the tree, a place that Nick and his friends would hang out at, where flowers had been placed. 
A place that Nick loved. 

Nicks funeral was attended by over five hundred people who came from far and wide to show their respect.
It was a beautiful tribute to our beautiful youngest son, brother and friend.

Nicks floral tributes
were so beautiful. 

further photos can be seen in Nicks photo album.

Along with the floral tributes,
a donation of £892
  was also made to the
R.N.L.I. in Nicks memory

The local newspaper reported Nicks accident in a totally professional way.
They respected our privacy and only covered the story after Nicks funeral.

 A tribute to Nick was
 made in the school magazine

Nicks funeral was attended by Reading Football Club assistant manager Kevin Dillon.
A tribute to Nick was paid in the football program  

Nick will be forever part of his beloved
READING .F.C.

His name is included on the memorial wall
at the Madejski Stadium.


Nick would be so proud.

               


Nicks ashes  are interned at Mays Lane 
Cemetery, Earley.

 Plot N, row 1, no. 8

Please visit if you wish.

           

Nicks 18th birthday

We released 18 blue and white balloons and had a few buds in Nicks memory

 
Nicks 18th birthday could not pass without a present. As Nick could not receive it himself we decided that it should go to a worthy cause in the Gambia.





Nick would have approved!

 Archie joined you in heaven today

Look after each other

World Cup 2006 

You may not be here in body but will always be here in spirit Nick.
You will always be part of our everyday life and still included in everything we do.

COME ON ENGLAND!

A walk through Cirencester Park 
to raise funds for TCF

TCF Gathering weekend, 
the sun shone and the tears fell. 

The Third Aniversary



Our thanks to all who placed beautiful floral tributes  in memory of Nick on the third aniversary of his death, also the messages of love & support to us his family. 

Nick was someone who brought sunshine into everyones life and a touch of happiness to all that he met, We will never understand why Nick had to go too soon.

Dylan


Dylan left to join you and Archie today.
Have fun together again.

Still remembered............... 
Still missed........................ 
And still very much loved by all.

Mum & Dad with Colin Fry


Desperate for a message from Nick

This was the hardest Christmas so far.
 Our fifth without Nick but it doesn't get any easier.

Auntie Olive joined Nick suddenly 0n May23rd 2008.

Auntie Ollie and Nick were as close as Grandmother and grandson.

Time goes on but still we all remember

Thank you

This quilt was made from some of Nicks clothes.

A lasting tangible memory of our precious boy.

4th December 2008 would have been a day to remember as Nick would have been 21.

We felt we could not let this special day pass without marking it in some way.

So on the 29th November we held a party in memory of Nick

We decided that to celebrate Nicks special birthday whilst raising much needed funds for the RNLI would be a fitting tribute to him.

A night to Remember Nicks 21st was a fantastic success. We were joined by family and friends and raised an impressive £3,600

Thank you to everyone who remembered Nick and supported us on such an emotional night.

We visited the Royal National Lifeboat Institute Headquarters in Poole where we proudly handed over the £3,600 received in memory of Nick on his 21st birthday. 

The donation was greatfully received by Martin Wilson of the RNLI.

Joshua Nick Stamp

born 18th April 2009

This is your new nephew Nick, how proud you would have been to be an uncle to him.

We celebrated Josh's birth with you

6th Anniversary

Friends & family came to visit you once again.

How can it be 6 years?

Still missing you Sweetheart

Nicks Charity Tournament

Dan organised a brilliant tournament in aid of the RNLI on your 6th anniversary.

The sun shone your mates played footie with smiles on their faces and drank a beer in your memory Nick.

It was a "good" day and raised over £500 for the RNLI. 

There aren't many good days now.