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July 16, 2015, 10:52 pm

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FORMER magistrate and trade union leader Gil Stroud has died suddenly in Scunthorpe General Hospital at the age of 72.Tributes have been led by Paul McBean, chairman of the multi-union committee on the Tata Steel works in Scunthorpe.Mr McBean said: "Our thoughts and sympathy are with the family and friends at this sad time."Gil was a well-respected member of the trade unions in Scunthorpe."He joined the union as a 16-year old when he started work at the former Redbourn...

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Tributes to Bill Goode who designed swings, slides and climbing...

July 19, 2015, 10:58 pm

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GENERATIONS of children in Scunthorpe owe a debt of gratitude to Bill Goode, who has died aged 91.Father-of-three Mr Goode, who traded as Wago Engineering, designed and built play equipment including swings, slides and climbing frames to be found in local parks.His son, Mark, said: "If you are of a certain age and played in one of Scunthorpe's many parks and playgrounds, then it's almost a guarantee that you have played upon one of my father's many creations."If you climbed, swung or...

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August 4, 2015, 10:55 pm

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A FUNDRAISING page has been set up to support the family of ex-Scunthorpe United youth player Richard Hawcroft. The 31-year-old died after reportedly collapsing during a football match on Sunday, July 26. The JustGiving page has been launched to raise money for his family, with friends setting a target of £4,000. A message on the page says it has been created "to help the Hawcroft Family with paying the mortgage on their house. Unfortunately they had no insurances to help...

Tributes to Jack Dunderdale of Sooner Foods & Brigg Town FC

August 5, 2015, 10:58 pm

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TRIBUTES have been paid to Brigg Town FC stalwart Jack Dunderdale, who has died at the age of 70.Mr Dunderdale, of O'Hanlon Avenue, Brigg, was an avid supporter of the football club and had held several positions on its committee.He died on Wednesday, July 29 – the same date on which his father, also Jack, had died 34 years previously – at the Hill Top Care Centre in Scunthorpe.Mr Dunderdale was one of four brothers.One of his brothers, Garry Dunderdale, said: "He was very...

Tribute to long-serving club steward

August 6, 2015, 10:50 pm

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A club steward who worked in North Lincolnshire for many years has died, aged 80. He came from Yorkshire in the 1970s to work at Brigg Servicemen's Club. Initally, Derek Thacker, a former miner, commuted daily from Doncaster. A service to celebrate his life will take place at Woodlands, Scunthorpe, on Thursday, August 13, at noon.

Tributes paid to former Baysgarth School teacher Jane Dyer

August 7, 2015, 2:43 am

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Tributes have been paid to a former teacher at Baysgarth School who died earlier this week. It is believed Jane Disbrey, who was known as Jane Dyer when she taught in Barton, died on Tuesday. Mrs Disbrey, who was in her 50s, went on to become the headteacher of Havelok School in Grimsby. She held that post until she left in 2006, and took up the role of headteacher at Malet Lambert School in Hull, where she remained in the post up until her death. The Hull Daily Mail reports that last night past...

Memorial service for Scunthorpe soldier Anthony Lombardi

August 7, 2015, 10:54 pm

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A MEMORIAL service for fallen Scunthorpe soldier Anthony Lombardi was held this week - six years after his death in Afghanistan.People travelled from across the country to pay their respects at a special service held at the Budd VC Barracks on Cottage Beck Road.The 21-year-old craftsman, known as "Lombo" to his friends, was killed during a bomb blast while he was on patrol in Helmand province on August 4, 2009.A private ceremony was held at Anthony's graveside before a service...

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August 12, 2015, 11:00 pm

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TONY Mastin, the ex-paratrooper from Scunthorpe who became known as Mr Rock 'n' Coal, has died suddenly at the age of 64.Mr Mastin, who started bagging and carrying coal for his father Fred's business when he was 13, attended the St Bede's and later Brumby secondary schools.At school he was recognised as a promising boxer and later boxed for the Lincoln Imp Club in the town.In 1976 he signed up with the Lincoln TA Paratroopers and after four years joined the regular army.For the next six years...

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Tributes paid to Scunthorpe steelworks pioneer Dr Mike Grimble...

August 14, 2015, 10:58 pm

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TRIBUTES have been paid to former Scunthorpe steelworks boss Mike Grimble, whose pioneering work helped change the face of the industry.Father-of-two Dr Grimble, who died at home aged 78 on July 28, worked for 35 years in the steel industry until he retired in 1996.Born in Grimsby, he attend Brigg Grammar School before going to Sheffield University where he gained degrees in metallurgy and chemistry.Dr Grimble, whose funeral took place on Tuesday, started work as a shift foreman at the Appleby...

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August 17, 2015, 10:32 pm

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Actor Stephen Lewis, who played Blakey in hit TV series On The Buses and Smiler in Last of the Summer Wine, has died aged 88, and will be remembered in North Lincolnshire. In 1998 he made a guest appearance at Barton residential home The Willows as he handed over an Investors in People Award to Barton Medical Services. Dressed as the much-loved but cantankerous Insp Blakey from On The Buses, he played to the audience before handing over the plaque to BMS director Dr Robert Jaggs-Fowler. The...

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August 19, 2015, 10:54 pm

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A REQUEST from former Scunthorpe coal merchant Tony Mastin will be honoured at his funeral tomorrow (Friday, August 21). For his coffin, draped in a Union Jack flag, will be carried on one of his coal delivery lorries. The seven and a half tonne lorry, a TK Bedford bought in 1978, normally carries 100 sacks of coal. The adapted hearse will leave the Mastin's coal-yard in Ville Road, Scunthorpe, at around 11.30am tomorrrow en route to St Bernadette's Church on Ashby Road for a service at...

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August 20, 2015, 10:54 pm

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THE funeral will be held next week for ex-publican and policeman Allan Edgar.Mr Edgar died in the town's general hospital on August 11 aged 70 years after a long illness.His death came two years after he retired as the landlord of the Honest Lawyer in Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, following a 12-year tenure.At the Honest Lawyer, sports-loving Mr Edgar – or Big Geordie Al as he was known to the regulars – was instrumental in making the pub the venue for the annual Flag Day for...

Tribute to cyclist who died in crash after bike hit pothole

August 21, 2015, 10:52 pm

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A HERITAGE trail will be opened next month in memory of Christian Brown, who died after a tragic cycling accident in northern Lincolnshire.The £2,000 trail, starting from the 11th century St Peter's Church, in Scotter, has been financed by the proceeds of a sponsored 10-mile walk.Sue Mumby, the chairwoman of the Scotter Forward group, said the trail would celebrate the life of Christian who had lived in the village since he was five-years-old.Mr Brown, the membership secretary of the...

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August 21, 2015, 10:56 pm

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A SCUNTHORPE-born war hero who was awarded France's top military honour has died at the age of 97 years.Bill Cross was one of 19 Chelsea Pensioners to receive the Legion D'Honneur by the French government in recognition of their bravery during the D-Day Landings.On leaving Scunthorpe, Mr Cross enlisted as a band boy in the Royal Scots Grey Regiment in September 1934 at the age of 16 years.Two years later, he saw action with Glubb Pasha's Arab Legion in Palestine as an armoured fitter.In Syria...

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August 26, 2015, 11:00 pm

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TRIBUTES have been paid to former Brigg Town footballer and coach Mick Oates, who has died at the age of 67. Mr Oates spent six years with the Zebras as a player and was heavily involved with the club during the triumphant FA Vase campaign of 1996. After the Wembley win that year, he was instrumental in setting up the club's successful youth section. He died on July 28, after a short battle with cancer. Mr Oates' wife, Sue, said: "He played for Brigg Town for quite a number of years and went on...

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Young Scunthorpe brothers launch campaign to have their mum's...

August 28, 2015, 10:56 pm

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TWO teenagers whose mum died suddenly are hoping to fulfil her dying wish of having her ashes scattered in Wales.Lisa Strudwick, 35, died on August 10 after being admitted to intensive care with an infection in her leg.Her sons – 17-year-old Jamie Pugh and 15-year-old Kaidon – have set up an online appeal to raise £500 so they can travel to Wales and scatter her ashes.Jamie, a student at John Leggott College from September, said his mum was half-Welsh and told friends she...

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August 28, 2015, 10:58 pm

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ROD Stewart has dedicated a song at a recent concert in Las Vegas to a late Scunthorpe steelworker who was a former coach at Scunthorpe United. Mick Oates, who has died aged 67, was well-known in local football circles and among his other interests was travelling with his wife Sue, often following her to see the singing legend across the world. After Mr Oates' death, his family fulfilled his wish to go on a planned holiday to the USA, where Rod dedicated a song to him during a performance in Las...

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September 3, 2015, 10:48 pm

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TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved Scunthorpe man described as a "diamond" with an "infectious smile".More than 500 people attended the funeral of Keith Lambert, who died suddenly on August 6 at the age of 72 at Scunthorpe General Hospital.Mr Lambert was well-known for his work with the Conservative Association, as a town councillor, as captain of the Scunthorpe Bowls' Club and as a quiz master.Born and raised in Scunthorpe, he worked at the steelworks for more than...

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September 8, 2015, 11:00 pm

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The man who managed the police response to the devastating Flixborough Disaster has died. Tributes have been paid to former Assistant Chief Constable of Humberside, Ronald Joyce, who led officers after the Nypro works explosion in 1974 which claimed 28 lives and injured 36 people. Sadly, the disaster dominated newspaper, TV and radio headlines across the world. The Nypro plant was ripped apart by a massive blast which flung debris high into the air, some of it falling on villages on both...

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October 2, 2015, 10:38 pm

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TRIBUTES have been paid to a former owner of The Angel in Brigg, who died aged 90.Charles Alfred Shrosbree, known as Mick, had two spells at the former hotel, before retiring when it closed in August 1989.He grew up in London and was in the RAF during the Second World War, carrying out his training at Manby, where he met his wife, Sue.After Mr Shrosbree left the air force in 1956, the couple initially emigrated to Canada.They later returned to the UK and Mr Shrosbree worked at a hotel in...