Talk:Mike Thackwell

message: When I grew up in a low income single parent household in Aberdeen, child services introduced Mike Thackwell to us. He was a philanthropist of sorts, spent time with disadvantaged kids like myself to make sure we had a bit of fun. Frequent visits to Pizza Hut and even a visit to a helicopter simulator were the highlights of my days back then. He had a great sense of humour, was always energetic and exciting. He was like a father to me. I even remember meeting his real son Cliff and (IIRC) wife when they visited from France. In 2000 he was doing a 'tour' of all the places and people he was meaning to visit over the years, from some savings a friend advised him to set aside for a while. I was living in Holland by then, that's when I last saw him. He did give me the address of his bar in Isle of Wight, but I lost it unfortunately. I'd love to meet him again, and introduce him to my two half-Chinese sons Owen and Andy.
Fun fact: Mike always kept his history vague to me. It wasn't until 2008 or so that I found out (by googling) he was a New Zealand sports legend. He mentioned being from NZ, goldmining in Kalgoorlie, the helicopter flying he did, but his F1 past was downplayed as "I made a bit of money in races".Coineineagh (talk) 14:13, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
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