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Colin Parry OBE
@ColinParryPeace
Co-Founder/Chair of Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation, created by Tim’s parents, Colin & Wendy, after Tim and Johnathan were killed by an IRA bomb
Warrington, England
timparryjohnathanballfoundation.org.uk
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Sep 1, 2021
    Today my 12 yr son Tim is 41. His life was ended by an IRA bomb, but it helped bring peace to GB, NI & ROI thro @PeaceFoundation. Wendy and I wanted to make Tim’s life have meaning and I think we’ve done so. RIP Tim. Your light shines bright x. Please R/T
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Mar 20, 2021
    28 yrs ago today, there was sunshine in the sky and a smile on Tim’s face as he went to buy Everton shorts. 2 men had other plans - to bomb a shopping street. Their plan succeeded but Tim’s did not as his smile died with him on that dark day. RIP Tim x
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Sep 1, 2019
    My son TIM is 39 today but he only got to live 12 of them because somebody thought that a shopping street was a legitimate place to plant a terrorist bomb. No cause can ever justify such an inhuman act. TIM lives on @PeaceFoundation. This is his memorial xxx
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Sep 1, 2020
    Today is the 40th birthday of my 12 yr old son Tim. It is bittersweet to think Tim would have his own family and live nearby as Dom and Abbi do. It was never to be, but his life counts for so much thro @peacefoundation. Tim is eternal and everywhere xx
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Mar 25, 2020
    27 years ago today,my son Tim lost his life due to injuries he sustained from an IRA bomb. He lives on through the work of @peacefoundation. His life was short but he is immortal.
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Aug 1, 2020
    We all do and say things when young that we later regret. @clairefox never apologised for defending the IRA bombing of Warrington which took the life of my son Tim and Johnathan Ball. Now she is offered a Peerage. This offends me and many others deeply
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Sep 1, 2023
    Today my 12 yr old son Tim is 43. Killed by the IRA 30 yrs ago, he lives on thro the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation which helps young people at risk of violence. The price paid by Tim and Johnathan has helped 000’s of others. Pls support and remember
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Sep 1, 2022
    My son Tim is 42 today, but his life was ended at 12 by a bomber who cared not who he killed. But Tim’s life has counted for so much thro @peacefoundation and yet his Foundation is now at risk. If you can help avoid this, please get in touch. RIP Tim 💙
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Mar 25, 2022
    Day by day my memory fails me, but not today. 29 yrs ago I held my son Tim for the final time. Like so many Ukrainian and Russian fathers today, I gazed at his lifeless form and asked why buy Tim lives on thro @PeaceFoundation. His name is Peace xx
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Oct 7, 2019
    Admitted to hospital in readiness for a heart bypass operation tomorrow morning. Everyone assures me it’s a routine op performed 000’s of times. Goodness knows why I’m still worried. God bless the NHS. I know I do! As long as I’m awake this time tomorrow...
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Mar 25, 2021
    Today 1993. The day we said a final farewell to Tim. I lay next to him and told him I loved him as he took his last breath. Our golden, fun loving son had gone forever and yet we have made his life count for so much and he lives on through @PeaceFoundation x
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Sep 1, 2017
    Today is my son Tim's 37th birthday. He never got to enjoy the 25 that followed his 12th, but he lives on through his Peace Foundation. RIPx
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Dec 2, 2022
    Being told I have bowel cancer at my age wasn’t a surprise; being told it’s small and not spread and will be removed in Jan was such a relief. I was right to get checked early and I urge others not to ignore symptoms. Cancer need not kill if you act asap 😄
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    Colin Parry OBE
    @ColinParryPeace
    Oct 23, 2019
    My date with the Heart Surgeon has duly arrived. No more cancellations. Pre meds due soon and off for a big sleep while the best of our wonderful NHS rearrange my plumbing. Just hope I don’t see a bright light at the end of a long tunnel...