Obituaries
Brian Dixon
Once an engineer, always an engineer; that was Brian John Dixon, who has died aged 75. He spent much of his working life maintaining and repairing machinery and, even after he retired, devoted many hours to building a miniature railway locomotive of the type well known at Hammonds Pond in Carlisle.
Last updated 12 March 2010
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Robert Irving
The death has occurred suddenly, shortly after his 90th birthday, of Bob Irving (also know as Bert).
Last updated 12 March 2010
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Professor Dr Neil Cox
He was a nationally-acclaimed dermatologist who put his patients first. He was also a great believer in the NHS, and treated thousands of Cumbrian people in his 20 years as a consultant dermatologist at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary and the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Mary Taylor
Mary Gillian Taylor was one of the first graduates to join the county library service in Cumbria, with a first-class classics degree from London University.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Joe Berry
Tributes have been paid following the death of Joe Berry, a renowned hunt supporter.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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John Burnet
As the top bureaucrat in the county, John Burnet was a man of firm but fair conviction and forthright opinion and, as chief executive of Cumbria County Council, he put his individual stamp on local government affairs.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Michael Boothroyd
It might have been expected that Michael Boothroyd would become a successful farmer. He was, after all, the son of a farmer on the fertile flatlands of the Vale of York.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson was a faithful servant to Carlisle City Council for half a century. Carlisle born and bred, he devoted his working life to the authority and rose to become city treasurer, then town clerk and chief executive.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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Dr Mary Young
Dr Mary Young, originally from Cumbria, who contributed a series of important historical reviews of Scottish agriculture, has died aged 62.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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Albert Cromie
Traditional butcher Albert Cromie ran a successful business for many years in Carlisle.
Last updated 26 February 2010
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Lawson Thompson
Lawson Thompson, who died at the age of 80, was a man of many activities in his lifelong desire to keep fit – and in all of them he left his mark.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Alex Parker
Alex Parker made a considerable mark in life, both on the football field at club and international level and in the licensed trade in Carlisle and Gretna.
Last updated 29 January 2010
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Professor Patrick Boulter
Professor Paddy Boulter was a pioneer in the use of mammography to detect early breast cancers. Before this, treating the disease depended on a patient finding a lump, by which time it was often too late to effect a cure.
Last updated 22 January 2010
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Margaret Roberts
Margaret Roberts was the only daughter of the late Ron and Mary Roberts of Brampton Road, Carlisle. She died shortly before Christmas.
Last updated 22 January 2010
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Joseph Strong
Morris dancers and clog dancers from all parts of England have bought their specialised footwear from a homespun business long-based in Caldbeck, near Carlisle.
Last updated 22 January 2010
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Albert Reay
He had two careers did Albert Reay, one in public transport to earn a living and another which gave him immense and lifelong pleasure and national success in what was an all-consuming hobby.
Last updated 15 January 2010
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Ronnie Jackson
Ronnie Jackson sometimes said that he could well have been the oldest surviving man to have been born within the city walls area of Carlisle. Not the medieval city walls but the much older Roman walls that took in rather more land – including Mary Street, where he first saw the light of day.
Last updated 15 January 2010
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Marie-Therese Longrigg
So many well-known people passed through the creative hands of Marie-Therese Longrigg during her long life and most, if not all of them, must have been extremely appreciative of her skill and expertise.
Last updated 8 January 2010
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George Bedford
His family, his church and his music were all central to the life of George Bedford who died aged 77. At the St John the Baptist Church in Upperby, Carlisle, he joined the choir when he was nine and sang there for the rest of his life.
Last updated 8 January 2010
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William Gill Jackson
If it went on in Thursby, Bill Jackson knew about it. He ran the post office in the village west of Carlisle, he was clerk to the parish council and the local correspondent for The Cumberland News, submitting detailed reports over more than 20 years.Back in Britain after the German blockade had been lifted, Bill was based at Silloth, where he continued to suffer from night blindness and a stomach that was shrunken after many months of near-starvation in Malta.
Last updated 31 December 2009
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