(263) The dream of the death of George Best, Nobby Stiles fallen on hard times, and coming to recognise a famous goalkeeper. In Alicante
On the morning of October 23rd 2007 I dreamed and then recorded the saddest dream - Sic Transit Gloria It is a setting where a dying George Best has passed an envelope containing loose change and scraps of money to me and asked me to take it to an address in Alicante. As I hand the money over to an old guy in a modest setting in Alicante, some of the lineaments of his face strike a chord. "Are you Nobby Stiles?" I ask. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobby_Stiles He says something back, with a laughing annoyance at having been recognised. Later I also meet up with Jackie Charlton Jack Charlton - Wikipedia and a guy with a vaguely familiar face who is forever bursting into high pitched flamenca song. At the end I realise that this is Gordon Banks and remark so to someone passing who concurs. Gordon Banks - Wikipedia I remark also to someone that Nobby Stiles must have fallen on hard times to be living in such reduced circumstances and he, naturally, agrees. I twig t...