Alan Anstice

🕯 Gloucester Co-op lit a candle Thinking of you all at this sad time from the Co-operative Funeralcare.

🕯 Lisa Tibbetts lit a candle May you now be resting peacefully Dad watching over and guiding us as we struggle to continue without you! Love you now, forever and always Lisa Marie xx

Hey Dad Sienna’s new lyrical solo, you loved this song x

On my way to get you Dad

After a chat with your dearest wife we have decided we will be there for you on Thursday. 6 weeks to the day you left we will bring you home.

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Well Dad that is it you are home now, back with Mum! Still doesn’t feel real and oh how we have cried today. Seems odd that all we have of you now is obviously all our loving memories but a tube covered in forget me nots with your ashes inside it’s just not enough, all the time in the world would not of been enough! We...more

Hi Dad hope you are somewhere beautiful and are being looked after, I wish I knew where you were and that you are safe, sound and waiting for us! Going to yours is so difficult as I miss you being there, not letting me sit down lol I so miss our little outings! It’s seems an eternity since you were here and I just can’t hear your voice anymore that...more

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Made Mum come round to ours to watch England v Croatia in the semi’s of the World Cup!! We scored after 5 mins but that’s quite early to hold onto! Could it be coming home Dad? Love and miss you xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hi Dad well we had Sienna’s gym presentation tonight and yet again she has made me a very proud Mummy! She got her British gymnastics awards 6 and 7 and she was given the coaches award for the best gymnast of the year!! You would of loved to of seen her this evening! Putting some photos on for you! Love and miss you xx...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hi Dad this time 2 months ago I was called round to you because you were in pain! I sat with you, gave you meds, took your blood and rubbed your belly to ease your pain little did I know this would be one if the very last times I would speak and be with you! It seems a lifetime ago that you told me how much it hurts an...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle 2 months since you left us and still it hurts so badly! Miss you Dad xxx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Miss you Dad, can’t stop crying for you this evening

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Got to Mums to drop her back home and a beautiful white feather was on your photo frame! It made me sob, oh god dad I miss you so much it really does hurt! Thank you for the feather and the beautiful star and planet this evening! Sleep tight, forever in my heart, always on my mind!

🕯 Laura lit a candle Sat with Nan talking about you and her at a young age. She misses you like mad. We all do. X

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Not the best game Dad but we won with a last min header from Lawrence! Miss you so so much, let me know you are safe and watching over us xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Start of the championship tonight, first game for us against Reading with Lampard in charge! We are on tv so Mum has come round to watch with us!! Let’s hope we start with 3 points! Will miss you tonight as I do everyday and every night xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Well it’s back to Pride Park today Dad, first home game of season, Leeds!! Hope you are with us love and miss you xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Well Dad what a shocker Derby had yesterday a 4–1 defeat to Leeds! Was hoping you may of given us a little hand lol! Did have some tears as the teams came out and Steve bloomer played! Miss you lots and love you still your Lisa Marie x

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hi Dad sorry not posted for a while we have been away in Dawlish. Took Mum with us, we had her playing bingo, on the beach, by the pool and all sorts of other bits and pieces! We missed you lots, but you came to See Mum didn’t you, she heard you xx you would of loved seeing Sienna with her new friends playing and danci...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Derby had a win today Dad against Preston, me and Sienna went to watch! She throughly enjoyed it and watched the whole game xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Missing you today as I do everyday! So long to hear you voice and see you asleep on your sofa! Hope you are snoozing well Dad. Please come to me soon and visit love you millions xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad Sienna got her tap exam results back she scored 87 out of 100 and early herself a Distinction one proud girly and a defo proud mummy xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad having a bad day today! Feeling the loss too much to bear today, thinking of things you have already missed and how we have missed having you with us at all the times! I feel so so lost! I don’t see much of Laura at the moment she is in love, Alex is lovely don’t get me wrong and he is so good for her and to he...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hi Dad yeah I know me again. Had my tattoo on Friday, well actually I had 2 ha ha!! I know they weren’t necessarily your cup of tea but one of the ones I have had done I know you would totally get xx love and miss you more than ever xxx watch out for the pics x

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad been a bad week for missing you x it was 17 weeks Thursday since you left and 4 months on Monday! Mum was meant to be going to the hospital Monday but we had to change it, I think she is quite relieved about this as it is the 17th on Monday! Whatever month it is the 17th will forever be a terrible date! Still n...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Derby had a good game today, took Dale to watch! Brentford went 1 nil up within the first min for us to come back to 3-1 !! 3 goals defo with In he first 20 mins! Game a little flat after that really xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Curled up in your space on the sofa with you watching down on me! Mum not too well soo I have called 111 for some help and advice, so staying here with her for a little while! Last time I dialled 111 was for you the night before you left me! Why did you have to go Dad I tried so hard to save you, to keep you here with...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Love you Dad x

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Fair play Dad you came in tonight, derby went through on penalties after deserving the win!! Thanks for your help x woo hoo COYR!!

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hi you, Mum still not right Dad! Dr’s again today, antibiotics given so fingers crossed! She is doing your trick and wanting me round at funny times of day and night lol I just feel guilty that I can’t do more! 11 days and I go to Tenerife with Laura have to be honest worried about leaving Mum which is so like last yea...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle I miss that grin Dad! Cried lots for you today! Wish I had told you more often how much I love you and how grateful I am to you for absolutely everything! 19 weeks today since our world went dark and your light went out here on earth! X God bless you my wonderful Dad, miss you today as I do everyday since you left beyo...more

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Hey Dad, well Mum has give me the runaround over the last few days, she has been soo poorly resulting in admission to hospital yesterday! She is currently on the cardio ward because her potassium levels are dangerously low after all the toileting issues she has had!! Been back into see her this evening and she is a li...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hiya Dad Mum still in hospital and I could really do with your support! Things are just going from bad to worse and I know Mum is ready to give up! I’m meant to be off to Tenerife tonight but Mum is begging me not to leave her, but Dad I so need a break, I’m drowning! Xxx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad we got closer to you today, up in the clouds as we flew to Tenerife! We have arrived safely and have been fed, watered and the sun shine shined down upon us! Keep everyone safe at home and check in on Mum for me x love and miss you loads Dad xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Dad well me and Laura are on our last night in Tenerife! We are flying home tomorrow in the night sky. We have had a lovely week, rain forecast but we have seemed to miss it. Sam is in Magaluf with his friends. Will send some hol pics to you when we get home!! Love and miss you beyond words my precious Dad xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Well Dad we are all home safely, me and Laura from Tenerife and Sam and his buds from Magaluf and we are all in one piece! Xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Can’t believe it’s 5 months this evening since I came round and had a last conversation with you! You were in so much pain but Mum kept her promised and kept you home and out of hospital! Wish I could go back and make you cuddle me and tell you how much you meant to us all! I am so grateful we had that last year togeth...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad Sienna can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks since I last posted to you! I have tried but the network has had its problems so I have lots to tel you, pictures to add and videos to show you!! Mum still isn’t well and is really struggling without you she keeps saying she wants to be with you but I really don’t wanna le...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Forgot to tell you dad, Derby scores 4 goals at Chelsea in the cup!!! Yet we still lost 3-2, can you believe it!! 2 og’s!!

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad Sienna danced at a comp on Sunday. Her little group came second but best of all Sienna came 1st in her duo! I was so so pleased for her and proud as punch! She is becoming a right little dance star! Amy had little Thomas on Thursday, mum and Laura have met him today so make sure you give Harry an extra special...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Dad do me a favour as well, Sam seems to be straying of the track a little and I am worried, upset and just bewildered!! Give him a swift kick up the backside please and keep a close eye over him xxx love you and Thank you xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle After just over 47 years of you in my life, being there with support, love, advice, cash lol the last 6 months without you have been unbelievably hard! I miss you more as each day goes by Dad!

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Been to watch the Xmas lights being turned on with Sienna , Dale and Laura with her boyfriend Alex! Oh Dad you would just absolutely love him! He is so lovely to Laura and just so great for her! It’s lush to see her so very, very happy even if I don’t have her at home much anymore!! Here is some pics for you, love and ...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad well 28 weeks since we lost you and it’s getting so so much harder! I’m struggling to write to you here and going to see Mum at your’s is so so almost impossible but I have to do it to see mum xx She is not coping without you and I know she shouts, screams and cries at you and for you I don’t know how to help ...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle 2018 was the most terrible year, how have I got through it without you here. I lost my hero, my Dad, my old Man. My Victor Meldrew, that special Derby fan! 2019 is nearly here but I don’t want to leave you behind, but I know you come with me in my heart and my mind God Bless you My beloved Dad until we meet again...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad well would you ever!!! Newport County played Leicester at Newport yesterday In the FA cup and beat them 2-1! We were all watching, even Mum!

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Been having a sad few days and broke my heart earlier when Sienna burst into tears saying she missed you and that all of a sudden it hit her that you aren’t coming back! She sobbed so so hard. Sadly I haven’t been hiding my sadness to well just lately and I really must as it really wasn’t nice seeing her so upset and s...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Oh Dad tomorrow would be you 83rd birthday and it’s the first one without you! My heart is breaking and I am struggling to cope! Tracey Mustoe passed away today just 46 so sad, remember the Mustoes they lived down by the chippy not the dolly bird mustoe lol! I went to school with Ali xx will be thinking if you tomorro...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad sorry it’s been a while! I’m having a real struggle at the moment and today was no different! Mum was a little naughty today!! She rang me and told me she was not well and could I go round, so you know me I rushed round to find out she wasn’t really ill she just needed to see me and she was worried if she didn’...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad sorry it’s been a while but I’m sure you have heard me crying and talking about you, wanting you around so badly!! Well it’s the big one tonight DERBY v Florest at the Shitty Ground!! Please help them to get 3 points! We haven’t been doing so great just lately, that February curse yet again!! They now have a sp...more

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Hi Dad, things are getting so much harder, not easier! I miss you more than ever! It may not seem it as I haven’t written here as often but I am struggling to cope without you! I know you wanted to go back to Newquay, well as you would of done I am taking Mum to Newquay for her birthday! We are staying out on the Pe...more

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Uploaded some photos from Derby for you to look at, awards night last night after a 4nil win xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey you, can’t believe it’s nearly been a year since you left us! 11 months this coming Wednesday!! Sorry I haven’t written for a while but you have been thought of, talked about, cried over and been constantly in and in my mind! I found some of you old discs and could hear your loving voice, it seems a lifetime since ...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Some photos for you to browse through xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad, close one for Derby yesterday but I am sure yet again you boosted us over the line! We are now sitting in 6th with a game in hand, but just 2 games left! I think we can at least get a few more games out of this season now! Wembley who knows! Hope you like the stunning dance the girls did, they made everyone s...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Both Laura and Sam started new jobs this week! Laura has gone to a new salon in Churchdown. I know she loved where she was but new opportunities are good! I know she missed seeing you at the window smiling and waving at her, going in and having a seat. One good thing as well she has gone and seen her Dad as she is work...more

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Dad Friday came and went and I was better than I thought I would be! A year since you left us, a year of a truly broken heart and a huge piece of me missing!! My still isn’t coping and I don’t know how to help her. I am doing the best I can but I struggle to go round there. You as you know are still up on the init wat...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Well Dad you have probably seen both Newport and Derby have got through to the play off finals at Wembley!! Did you see the game on Weds against Leeds! OMG I was pacing, it was so so stressful! Anyway we got there and now I am taking Sienna to her first play off final. Sadly can only afford to do the Derby one on bank ...more

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower One more for you! Sienna had festival the last two weeks! Oh Dad she danced so so beautifully in her groups, solo’s and duet you would of been amazed and so, so proud!! Even Mark came to watch her! She came away with 3 3rds!! Gonna add some photos for you to see on your special page xx God bless you my Dad xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Can’t imagine a world without you Dad! Can’t remember a time when you weren’t in my life! But sadly I am living this nightmare! I love you Dad xx

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Dad gutted that Newport didn’t do it today for you! Extra time but sadly wasn’t to be! Let’s hope Monday brings us more! But do you know what, whatever happens I am proud of our boys and under Frank we are going somewhere!! Keep us safe my wonderful Dad xx

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Dad I need you so much. I don’t how to help Mum or what to do for her! She misses you too much, so much that she really doesn’t want to be here! She wants and needs you, to be with you again! She is fading in front of my eyes and I am so frightened, I can’t lose you both I’m not ready for that! I wasn’t ready to lose ...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Ahhh Dad has it really been 4 weeks since I messaged you, sorry! I need you to watch over your dearest Grand daughter Laura! Alex has finished with and it has destroyed her Dad! I feel so useless and can’t make thing easier or less hurtful for her! Please watch over her and keep her safe as she goes through these dark ...more

For you, my precious Daddy x

from your girl x

from your girl x

Hey Dad it’s been a while but the pain is still so so real, it’s getting harder not easier! I cry for you a little less but this seems to be because it hurts to cry so so much. I hope you are in a beautiful place and that you are waiting for us and that someday we can say all we should of said in this lifetime xx

For you, my precious Daddy x

from your girl x

For you x

from your girl x

from your girl x

from your girl x

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Hey Dad be watching over The Rams tonight it’s our first game of the season and we are away at Huddersfield. As you know we have Philip Cocu in charge as Lampard has gone to Chelsea, gutting he left but the draw of Chelsea was just too much! Let’s hope we can do it. Sienna is so excited about the new season I think ...more

🌷 Peter Anstice gave a flower Hey Dad it’s your 61st wedding anniversary today, hope you have remembered! Found mum with your wedding album out today! That was it we were both in tears! It’s just totally unreal carrying on living with out you and the hardest thing I have ever had to endure xx Happy Anniversary To You and Mum, love you both dearly,...more

🕯 Peter Anstice lit a candle Hey Dad cried for you again a lot this week, it’s not getting any easier. Tomorrow will be 17 months since you have left us, 17th, 17 become a significant number to me now x things have been happening Sienna is loving Stage School and is starring in their film soon, festival and her birthday are coming up so hoping yo...more

Hey Dad how naughty have I been not writing to you! Stupid as it sounds I couldn’t handle it m, but Dad as you can see things have gotten quite bad here! Covid 19 has struck and is killing thousands! We are in isolation and lockdown and I’m struggling to look after mum and I don’t want you to be cross with me! I am trying my best I promise you. Ple...more

Been a while but I know you are watching over me! Still in lockdown,14 weeks later,it’s surreal Dad! Mum has had her cataract done on her left eye yesterday but she is struggling so badly without you so much so I did tell her if she wanted to come to you that I would be ok xx sad I know xx Well I’m sat waiting to pick my new car up! Yes the viva i...more

Dad today is my 50th and I have been spoilt rotten but you are missing and it still hits hard! I know you have Uncle John with you now and I will attend his funeral next Friday! COVID is hitting hard and I am quite pleased you are safe and away from it - I think it would of been a difficult time for you xx love you xx

Dad, major apologies for not writing to you for just over a year now, it’s not that you haven’t been in my thoughts you are in them Daily, you are with me always. Today would of been your 86th Birthday, you didn’t like to celebrate but still loved getting your comb and your socks! What a way the world is in at the moment, you really would of stru...more