Kenneth Edmund Lawrence (17 Sep 1936 - 28 Aug 2016)

Love and miss you. My best friend

In loving memory of Ken. Our thoughts are with you and your family lots of love and support from Darent Valley Radiology Dept xx

Julie, Condolences from all your friends and colleagues at Darent Valley Hospital. Thinking of you and your family at this sad time xx

£20 From Joyce Perkins. Thank you Auntie Joyce xx

I first met Ken when I went to the Gravesend Grammar School in 1947. Although we socialised at school it was not until I left school and joined the Old G' Rugby club that we shared interests. Four former pupils , Ken Lawrence, Colin warner, Harry Brown and myself, purchased an old London taxi cab (reg, JXU36) and decided to tour Europe. We left Dover in late 1957 and travelled to The World Fair in Brussels via Ostend. We then travelled through Belgium and France and spent several weeks with the wine harvest in the small village of La Livinire before moving into Spain for the winter. During the grape harvest Ken taught the vineyard owner's daughter English. Ken kept a diary of our travels and sent this regularly to The Gravesend Reporter to keep their readers informed. Whilst in France we all worked for a company called Burgess et co, scrap dealers on a big scale. Ken found an 8" metal nut and we took this to a restaurant one evening and placed it under our table. He then called the waiter over and asked if they could turn up the lights as he had lost a nut from his watch on the floor. You can imagine the uproar when the huge nut was discovered. I could relate many a tale from our trip involving Ken. Colin, Harry and myself will always carry these happy memories of a great mate. To complete the story we travelled down through Spain to Gibraltar and from there returned through France and went to the Channel Islands working on the potato harvest before returning home to the Uk with a lifetime of memories. God bless you Ken.

£20 donation to Alzheimers from Joyce Perkins. Thank you

Donated on behalf of Joyce Perkins. Thank you

Donated on behalf of Joyce Perkins. Thank you

£20 donated to Alzheimer's Society on behalf of Joyce Perkins. Thank you Auntie Joyce

£20 donated for Alzheimers Society on belhalf of Joyce Perkins. Thank you Auntie Joyce

So sorry to hear that Uncle Ken has left us. Uncle Ken is the cousin of my father, Eric, and you can certainly see the family likeness! I remember Uncle Ken from when I was very young when he would visit Nanny (Amy Faulkner, nee Humphreys - the sister of Kens mother - Elsie). Nanny lived down the road from us in Sandwich and it was always great to see Uncle Ken and Aunty Marjory and Aunty Elsie. He was always joking and teasing. I was a shy young girl and he took great delight in tormenting me. But I honestly thought he was such a handsome man and had a secret crush on him. Last time I saw Uncle Ken was at the funeral of my Cousin Sharon's husband (Dads brother Alan Faulkner's daughter) who died very young. My son, who is now 37, was only a baby and Uncle Ken told me I could do with losing a bit of weight! When I stood up he looked me up and down and told me that he was wrong and perhaps just a few ounces round my face because I had chubby chops!!!

I know that Dad would have liked to have gone to say goodbye to Uncle Ken. He will be 88 on 30th September and unfortunately had a fall last year which he is having a little problem getting over. He is in fabulous mental order and so like Uncle Ken in many many ways - but the fall has prevented him doing as much as he used to! (He still thinks he is 21!)

God Bless Uncle Ken and please pass the Faulkner family kind thoughts to all his family.

When I first met Ken my first impression was that he was the polar opposite to my dad and that he would make my mum , Marjorie , very happy, I wasn't wrong .He was such a gentle , intelligent man who always put mum first , especially in her later years and for that I shall always be grateful . He was a wonderful granddad to my children although they always called him Ken . They looked forward to our visits to see mum and Ken because he managed to make them entertaining and interesting at the same time . I'm sure they grew up knowing more about the history of Gravesend than anyone else at their schools in Hertfordshire !
Thank you Ken for being a wonderful husband to mum , step father to me and a great granddad.
Gill , Stephen , Natalie , Oliver and Charlie

What a sad loss. Always a sunny disposition he will be missed by so many including his devoted girls

I first met Mr Lawrence when my husband and I moved to Devonshire Road in 1994, moving in opposite he and Marjorie. Mr Lawrence was such a gentleman, always cheery, and would always say 'hello neighbour!' whenever he saw me, his gentle smile and kind manner always brightened any day. We moved in 2004 and I left Mr Lawrence our black T bar used to turn off the water from the street, a tool that Mr Lawrence often borrowed! Mr Lawrence's Christmas card was always the first one we received in the post every year, last year was the first time no card was received, and I then learnt he was poorly. Shortly after Mr Lawrence lost his beloved Marjorie, he moved to St James's Oak and strangely lived opposite my nan and grandad! Mr Lawrence will always be remembered with great fondness and happiness. Sending love to his family and all those who will miss him. Rest in peace Mr Lawrence, you were a special man, and enjoy being with your beloved Marjorie once more, with love from Charlie, Jason, Georgie and Frankie xxxx

I met Mr Lawrence when I moved to Devonshire Road in 1994, moving into the house opposite him and Marjorie, he was always such a gentleman, and a pleasure to see, always politely saying 'hello neighbour' every time we saw each other. His gentle smile and caring ways always brightened any day. We moved in 2004 and Mr Lawrence's Christmas card was always the first one I received every year in the post. Strangely, after Mr Lawrence lost his beloved Marjorie, he moved in opposite my nan and grandad in St James's Oak. He was a pleasure to have known and will always be remembered with great fondness, rest in peace Mr Lawrence, glad you and Marjorie are together again, love Charlie, Jason, Georgie and Frankie xxxx

Ken was my neighbour when he lived in Devonshire Road and we always stopped for a chat. Every year he would sneak books to me for my kids, wrapped and labelled from Father Christmas. I'll always remember you Ken, such a wonderful, engaging, lovely man.

Ken was my neighbour when he lived in Devonshire Road and we always stopped for a chat. Every Christmas he would sneak books to me for my kids, wrapped and labelled from Father Christmas. I'll always remember you Ken, such a lovely, engaging, wonderful man.

Ken, you will be sadly missed and it was a privilege to have known you. Thanks for the French lessons!

I met Ken in 1947 when we both started at the Grammar School, in the same class for five years.
He was popular, embarrassingly good at all sports and very witty.
He lived in St.John's Road, which, with mock pomposity he called Sinjons Road.
Working and living away from Gravesend, I saw little of Ken for many years until fairly recently when I went to the O.G's lunches with Ken and other contemporaries. He was always smartly turned out, very friendly and knew almost everyone there.
He will be sadly missed.