Nicky at the ‘Summer In The Son’ camp in 1993.
Yesterday, I found out that one of my best friends from when I was in my 20s died this Tuesday. Nicky – Reardon as she was back then, now Nicky Sutherland – was like a sister to me back during the 90s – she was the actual sister of one of my good friends from school, Mark, but I got to know Nicky originally through church and the youth group, and we became pretty close around that time.
She was really funny, friendly, genuine, and very determined/opinionated! I fondly remember going on holiday to Aberdyfi with Nicky, her boyfriend Matt, Debbie and Claire, and us just having such a fun week away. And just generally hanging out a lot, having a proper laugh (usually taking the mickey out of each other!), and I also produced an album of her singing as a birthday present for her mum.