Video: Love Me Tender - a Teddy farewell to Wolf

HUNDREDS of Teddy Boys decked out in their colourful drape jackets and crepe-soled shoes came together in Leeds today to give a fitting send-off to a popular local character.
Friends of Paul 'Wolf' Exley, dreesed in full drapes, carry his coffin into Lawnswood CrematoriumFriends of Paul 'Wolf' Exley, dreesed in full drapes, carry his coffin into Lawnswood Crematorium
Friends of Paul 'Wolf' Exley, dreesed in full drapes, carry his coffin into Lawnswood Crematorium

The funeral for Teddy Boy Paul Exley, 61 - known to most as Wolf - took place at Lawnswood Crematorium before a wake at the Anglers WMC in Harehills.

Before he died, after a long illness, he requested guests at his funeral wear bright colours - and they duly obliged.

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Close friend Nick Kovrlija was one of the four pallbearers who all wore light blue drape jackets, which was Wolf’s signature look.

Nick, 65, who has been a Teddy Boy since 1967, said: “We’ll miss him a hell of a lot. He was a great lad. He was just a wild character who was loved by everyone.”

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