Obituaries

Peter Stebbings

Peter Stebbings photo It was on Ascension Island, deep in the southern Atlantic Ocean, that Peter Stebbings had a bizarre experience.

Last updated 27 August 2010
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Cecilia Langhorne

W hen it came to charitable work, Cecilia Langhorne was in the forefront of activities, both in her home town of Alston and further afield in Cumbria.

Last updated 20 August 2010
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Maureen Wallace

When Prince Charles and Princess Anne were toddlers they played happily in a Buckingham Palace nursery which contained fabrics designed by a Carlisle woman and chosen by the Queen.

Last updated 6 August 2010
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Fred Armstrong

He was one of the last surviving members of the Burma Star Association in Carlisle – and he was also the man who kept city centre shop windows clean and sparkling.

Last updated 30 July 2010
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Richard Hare

He was the bishop who might never have been. Never have been a senior cleric in the Anglican Church, never have known Cumbria and never have been anything other than a highly-trained fighter pilot.

Last updated 30 July 2010
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Ernest Gibson

Ernest Gibson was a man who knew his onions – and his cabbages, cauliflowers, swedes, celery and any other vegetables you care to mention.

Last updated 23 July 2010
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When she was a very small girl indeed, Dorothy Nixon could have qualified to become Britain’s youngest potential voter because, due to some confusion in the electoral registration department, she was sent a polling card!

Last updated 16 July 2010
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Barbara Watson

Barbara Watson was a leading lady behind the scenes with a talent for helping others.

Last updated 9 July 2010
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John Robson

In everything that he did, John Lindow Robson was a meticulous man – in his profession as a pharmacist with a very well-known family business in Carlisle, in his 25 or so years as a magistrate on the city bench, in his duties as a tax commissioner and as a member of the local licensing committee.

Last updated 2 July 2010
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Mary Turnbull

She was a truly indomitable woman was Mary Jane Turnbull. When she was 85 she climbed an apple tree to gather the fruit.

Last updated 2 July 2010
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Victor Busby

Old soldier and British Legion stalwart Victor Busby started travelling far and wide in his 80s.

Last updated 25 June 2010
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Kathleen Bell

It was said of Kath Bell that, while she had not led an exciting life, she had led a full one.

Last updated 25 June 2010
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Kathleen Nixon

Kathleen Elsie Nixon had always wanted to be a nurse and at the age of three she was photographed in a nurse’s uniform.

Last updated 25 June 2010
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Ronald Sword

Ronald Sword was a good amateur footballer when he played for the Violet FC in his home city of Dundee. He played as an inside forward and his skills were recognised by a talent scout from Carlisle.

Last updated 25 June 2010
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Tom Wrathall

You couldn’t push farmer and garage owner Tom Wrathall around. He had some land in Carlisle, land which was being steadily surrounded by new housing developments and so he applied for planning permission to open a garage there.

Last updated 18 June 2010
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George Brian Davison

The printed order of service for the funeral of Brian Davison said it all. “His life was his family and his family was his life” – and it was. He and his wife cared for their own children and grandchildren and, even when getting on in years themselves, cared for his elderly parents, until his mother died some four weeks ago.

Last updated 18 June 2010
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Joseph Nattrass

As a Freeman of the City of London, that very well-known Carlisle butcher called Joe Nattrass ‘enjoyed’ certain arcane privileges.

Last updated 11 June 2010
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Jennifer Haston

She played a vital part in the affairs of the Church in Gretna Green and Gretna, especially in youth work and in administration, where she was the right-hand woman for her minister husband.

Last updated 11 June 2010
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Harry Baines

Harry Baines, a former head of department at Harraby School, Carlisle, was born in Colne, Lancashire, in 1913 and came from a very humble background.

Last updated 28 May 2010
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James Stirling Cochrane

He was a fine accountant and a proud Scotsman, was James Stirling Cochrane. In Carlisle, with a very well-known firm, he was its audit compliance partner and money laundering officer and, across the Border, he maintained close links with the land of his birth.

Last updated 14 May 2010
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