Obituaries
Harry Clarke
Published 9 May 2008
Harry Clarke, who has died aged 84, was a proud lad from Jarrow. At 13 years of age he joined the Jarrow March for a few miles with great pride in what these men were fighting for – justice for the poor working class.
William Hunter
Published 9 May 2008
He was a big, strong man but William Hunter was a gentle giant with a great sense of humour and he loved children.
June Martlew, MBE
Published 3 May 2008
A secretary and shorthand typist from Carlisle who became Britain’s deputy high commissioner in the African country of Sierra Leone has died at the age of 72.
Sir Alexander Maule Jardine
Published 24 April 2008
Although his ancestry was firmly bound up in the turbulent history of the Borders, Sir Alexander Maule Jardine of Applegirth was well known in Cumbria, where he lived for more than a third of his life.
Charles Ernest Oakley
Published 17 April 2008
He was an excellent designer and a superb teacher but all Charles Ernest Oakley ever really wanted to be was an artist. So successful was he at this that, in his later years, the Brampton-based painter received many commissions from Britain and abroad, travelling to the USA, Holland, France and Ireland. Some of his work was bought by art lovers on the other side of the world, in Australia and New Zealand.
Edward Kenneth Boyd
Published 17 April 2008
When Ken Boyd took over as headmaster at Cumwhinton School there were just 32 pupils on the roll. When he retired, quarter of a century later, the number had risen to 107 and was still increasing.
Ronald Haughan
Published 10 April 2008
For about 40 years Ronald Haughan delivered coal to households in Carlisle and, although by no means a big man, he was a fit one – fit enough to still be carrying 1cwt bags of coal on his back when he was 70.
John Kennedy Greg
Published 10 April 2008
The Rev John Kennedy Greg was a pedal power parson, especially during his time as vicar of Lanercost with Kirkcambeck.
Robert Lancelot Bell
Published 10 April 2008
Lance Bell played an important part in improving the livestock industry in Britain – he was one of the first to import Charolais cattle into this country, back in 1959.
David George Bulman
Published 9 April 2008
In the long-gone pre-tachograph days when Dave Bulman drove scores of thousands of miles on the run from Aberdeen to London and back, truck drivers were men of a special breed.
Kenneth Ashburner
Published 3 April 2008
As an accountant, Ken Ashburner was always on the side of the ‘little people’, the ordinary men and women, in his dealings with the tax authorities.
David Leslie
Published 3 April 2008
Had the financial backing been available, David Leslie might very well have become a Formula 1 racing driver. So many competitors in what is regarded as the pinnacle of motor sport come from hugely wealthy families but he did not. He was an ordinary, unassuming lad from Annan who worked as a mechanic in Carlisle and who just happened to be a very good driver indeed.
William Alfred Gardner
Published 27 March 2008
Whenever he looked back on his life, Alf Gardner was a master of understatement. During his years as an ambulance man and paramedic, he once rescued a drainage worker from a sewer, even though he had been told it was too dangerous. He simply said it was all in a day’s work.
John Ormond Holliday
Published 27 March 2008
His record of public service was exceptional and yet John Ormond Holliday was an essentially modest man who rarely mentioned his achievements.
Canon Arthur William Penn
Published 14 March 2008
Stained glass was his abiding interest in life and when it came to the windows in Carlisle Cathedral, Canon Arthur Penn was the acknowledged expert.
Canon Arthur William Penn
Published 13 March 2008
Stained glass was his abiding interest in life and when it came to the windows in Carlisle Cathedral, Canon Arthur Penn was the acknowledged expert.
Sir John Maurice Laing
Published 6 March 2008
The man who was one of the last personal links with the construction company which helped change the face of Britain, Sir Maurice Laing, has died aged 90.
Robert Ronville Farmer
Published 4 March 2008
Bob Farmer was one half of a well-known husband and wife team of dental surgeons in Carlisle. He was also a very good golfer – good enough to partner the legendary Henry Cotton in the centenary Open Championship when it was held at St Andrew’s in 1960.
Singer Andrew Johnston
- Andrew's pew-tube millions
- Teenage sensation wows Brunton Park crowd
- Andrew’s odds-on to win talent show
- Cathedral packed out to hear Andrew sing
- From choirboy to superstar
- The teacher who set TV choirboy on the road to stardom
- Calls for TV choirboy to sing at Blues' last match
- Cathedral performance for choir star Andrew
- Singer Andrew, 13, has really got talent
- City choirboy has Cowell close to tears
- Choirboy Andy’s got the talent for TV
