12/09/2026
It's not often I will say it was a privilege to know someone but James was my wife's work colleague and our friend. It was a privilege. He was one of the first people I met in Blackpool and our common connection was our frustration with "our wife" his work wife and my "real wife". He would often message me asking how I coped with her full time, my response was always because you have her during the day. He was a modern day gentleman, a true friend and someone I will greatly miss.
'Devastated' - Tributes paid to much-loved Blackpool man, 32, after sudden death