Obituaries
David Garland
Published 3 October 2008
David Garland who has died aged 58 of a rare neurological disease, was director of housing for Carlisle City Council from 1983 until 1990.
A Silloth man of many parts
Published 19 September 2008
He was a man of many parts was James Snaith – town councillor, driving instructor, crofter, do-it-yourselfer, motoring organisation patrol man and mill overlooker. He was, also, a man known for speaking his mind whenever he believed in something and, whilst this did not always win him friends, it did win him a great deal of respect – as was shown by the fact that Silloth Town Council was well represented at his funeral.
Frank McCormick
Published 19 September 2008
Frank McCormick began his long career in the police service when Carlisle had its own constabulary. He served in the Carlisle force and in the succeeding Cumberland and Westmorland and, then Cumbria, forces in a variety of roles.
Joan Barker
Published 19 September 2008
The death of Joan Barker of Dyke Nook, Sandford, Warcop, near Appleby, means the loss to the community of a dedicated and caring person who was mourned by hundreds at the funeral service held at St Columba’s Church, Warcop.
Volunteer for whom the Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal became a labour of love
Published 19 September 2008
In days gone by the Royal British Legion’s annual poppy appeal was a real hands-on affair. The poppies, made by the blind and disabled, arrived in pieces – stem and leaf, flower and central black stud -and they all had to be assembled manually.
John Eric Heelis
Published 12 September 2008
By any standards, John Eric Heelis was a remarkable human being. The man, who has died aged 87, was public spirited to a high degree, well-known for his work as a member of organisations in and around Appleby-in-Westmorland.
Mary Jane Graham
Published 12 September 2008
Mary Jane Graham travelled to Canada and to most of the countries in Europe – and yet she always loved her home city of Carlisle and was very fond of the Lake District, where she walked and climbed in her younger days.
Arthur Sewell Robinson
Published 12 September 2008
Arthur Robinson was a swimmer. It was the abiding interest and, indeed, passion in his life and although he never quite achieved national championship status everyone who did knew him – and knew he would never give up.
Duncan Cottam
Published 5 September 2008
As foreman mechanic at the Cumberland County Council Fire Service workshop in Dalston, Duncan Cottam made his considerable mark as a hard but fair taskmaster who would never ask someone to do a job that he could not do himself.
Heather Payn
Published 5 September 2008
From Brampton to Barrow and from Silloth to Sedbergh, Heather Jeckell’s contribution to the teaching of home economics was considerable and consistent.
Barrie Moses
Published 29 August 2008
FOR 74 years Barrie Moses’ playing gave great pleasure to thousands. Yet this master of the piano accordion never had a lesson in his life. He was entirely self-taught – and he could not read a note of music.
Mary Eleanor Wilson, MBE
Published 22 August 2008
As a little the girl, Mary Wilson used to play in the Cumberland Infirmary grounds with the daughter of the hospital’s head porter. And it was there that the infirmary’s matron used to talk to her.
The Rev Mary Gill
Published 15 August 2008
Mary Gill made her substantial mark both in the local community at Alston and in the much wider area that took in Cumbria and Northumberland. She was a teacher, a classicist who specialised in Latin and Greek, could read Hebrew and who also taught mathematics and religious studies.
Dr Charles Rolland
Published 8 August 2008
His influence on the health service in Cumbria was far reaching and the improvements Dr Charles Rolland brought about were real and lasting, especially in provision for the elderly and for those suffering from diabetes and other glandular disorders.
Alan Moore
Published 1 August 2008
Distinguished service in co-ordinating work with British and Polish administration staff, read the citation that earned Alan Moore the British Empire Medal, back in 1946, while he was still serving in the RAF.
Edward Graham Faulder
Published 1 August 2008
In so many ways during his long and varied life, Ted Faulder was a traditionalist. He stood by the established values of the Church of England and said that should women bishops be appointed, he would become a Roman Catholic.
Ralph Bee
Published 1 August 2008
Ralph Bee, who was deputy county agricultural officer for Cumberland from 1954 to 1964 has died at Torbay Hospital in Devon aged 92.
Dr Peter Brett Storey
Published 1 August 2008
The onset of Parkinson’s disease was a devastating blow for Peter Storey, a brilliant psychiatrist who had practised in Harley Street.
Jim Gradwell
Published 25 July 2008
The sad passing of Jim Gradwell is another loss to the town of Appleby. Jim was the son of Maud and James William Gradwell who lived at Church View, Bongate.
Wing Commander Ronald Huie
Published 25 July 2008
For all of his long life, Ronald Huie was fascinated by aircraft. He joined the RAF as a boy entrant, served in far-flung parts during the World War Two and, when a medical problem grounded him, worked in air force administration for many years.
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