Obituaries
Bishop Ian Harland
Published 2 January 2009
During his 10 years as Bishop of Carlisle, Ian Harland became well known as a man who liked to be out in the community. Lengthy spells behind a desk in his Rose Castle palace were not for him.
John Thwaites Liddle
Published 2 January 2009
During the final years of the time when coal was king in Britain, John ‘Jack’ Liddle worked at the heart of the supply network in much of Cumbria.
Joyce Bethune, MBE
Published 23 December 2008
Although she hailed from a Cumberland family, Joyce Bethune made her mark in the Borders – and a very considerable mark it was.
John Graham
Published 23 December 2008
The funeral took place at Christ Church, Waverton, of John Graham, aged 83, of Glebelands Farm, Waverton.
Ronnie Pieri
Published 12 December 2008
For half a century and more, Ronnie Pieri played a prominent part in the life of the Denton Holme area of Carlisle. With his brother, Fred, he ran a well-known fish and chip shop, which also sold sweets and ice cream, his abundant head of white hair led him to be widely known as ‘the silver fox’.
Freda Quan
Published 12 December 2008
Freda Quan made her considerable mark in many areas. She was a staunch left-wing socialist and an equally strong supporter of feminist causes but it was perhaps in teaching that her efforts bore the greatest fruit.
William Underwood
Published 12 December 2008
A trained musician with an exceptional ‘ear’, Bill Underwood was a sportsman of considerable ability and soldier who served with distinction.
Eleanor Afsari
Published 5 December 2008
Eleanor Afsari lived much of her 60 years for the benefit of others. Her compassion and the range of her charity work were quite exceptional.
Harry Bell
Published 5 December 2008
Harry Bell of Drawbriggs Mount, Appleby, who formerly farmed at Street House, Bolton, near Appleby has died in the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, aged 87.
Evelyn Warburton
Published 5 December 2008
Evelyn Warburton, a former deputy head at Appleby Grammar School has died suddenly at the age of 77.
John Cawley, MBE
Published 5 December 2008
There is little doubt that John Cawley could have risen high in the ranks of the civil service, had he chosen so to do. Those who worked with him said so.
David Harold Beattie, MBE
Published 5 December 2008
When David Beattie was awarded the MBE for services to astronomy, he flew from Hawaii to London to receive the decoration from the Queen, before returning to his job with the British star-gazing team and its infra-red telescope, on top of a 13,796 feet high mountain.
David Harold Beattie, MBE
Published 28 November 2008
When David Beattie was awarded the MBE for services to astronomy, he flew from Hawaii to London to receive the decoration from the Queen, before returning to his job with the British star-gazing team and its infra-red telescope, on top of a 13,796 feet high mountain.
John Cawley, MBE
Published 28 November 2008
There is little doubt that John Cawley could have risen high in the ranks of the civil service, had he chosen so to do. Those who worked with him said so.
Agnes Elizabeth Mallinson
Published 21 November 2008
The Lanercost House Care Home, in Carlisle, had a special place in the heart of Agnes Elizabeth Mallinson. It was built on land once part of Coledale Hall Farm, where the lad who became her husband had been a ploughman.
Edward Southward
Published 21 November 2008
Ted Southward’s Carlisle pub was like something out of the years-ago TV comedy series Boys from the Black Stuff. Like the screen show, customers in the Maltsters’ Arms were characters; highly entertaining eccentrics ranging from a man who claimed to have piloted everything from a Sopwith Camel biplane to Concorde, through a practical joker who removed pies from beneath their cover and took a bite out of each before putting them back; to an elderly woman who claimed to be a stripper!
Mary Grierson
Published 14 November 2008
During her long career as a midwife in and around Carlisle, Mary Grierson delivered more than 1,000 babies and, in the days of post-war austerity, she went about her work on a bicycle, riding out at all times of the day and night and in all weathers.
Bob Buchanan
Published 14 November 2008
The world of insurance was his business but the world of birds was his passion and had been for so many years.
Katharine Morton
Published 14 November 2008
When the Bishop of Carlisle was seeking inspiration for the refurbishment of his palace at Rose Castle he turned to his next door neighbour, an architect and designer, for help and the plans were roughed out on the draining board in her kitchen.
Dawn Heeley
Published 7 November 2008
Multi-tasking came easily to Dawn Heeley. She worked at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle for 20 years and for almost half that time she also worked at the Newlaithes Infants’ School in the city – and there she did several jobs.
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