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Tribute to Joan Brown - one of Scunthorpe theatre's leading...
A POPULAR woman who dedicated her life to theatre has died at the age of 89.Joan Brown, pictured, passed away at Scunthorpe General Hospital on Monday, March 9.Her family say she will be sorely...
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Former Scunthorpe pub landlord dies
GEOFF Sanderson, former tenant of Scunthorpe's oldest pub The Talbot, has died aged 65 after a short illness. Father-of-two Geoff and his wife Beryl ran the pub in Earl Street for 12 years until June...
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Tributes to former Scunthorpe head teacher Stuart Dear
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Barton councillor and mayor Stuart Dear who has lost his battle with cancer.Mr Dear served as Barton mayor from 1988 to 1989 and spent many years on the town...
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Tribute to inspirational Scunthorpe teacher John Preston
TRIBUTES have been paid to an inspirational teacher who passed away after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.John Preston died peacefully at home on March 20 at the age of 61.John spent most of his...
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New bus to hit North Lincolnshire roads
A NORTH Lincolnshire charity is set to get a new minibus.The Department of Transport has given 300 charities £25 million to spend on minibuses, with the North Lincolnshire branch of Age UK one of the...
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Tributes to former British Steel Scunthorpe manager Steve Turtle
STEVE Turtle, the former chief photographer and press officer on the Scunthorpe steelworks, has died at the age of 85.Father-of-two Mr Turtle, who died in Hull Royal Infirmary on April 1, was born in...
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Best attended funeral in 35 years: 800 mourners pay respects to...
PALS of the late David Leckey turned his Scunthorpe funeral and wake into a record-breaker. The steelworks locomotive driver, who died aged 45, was a popular figure at the town's Lincoln Imp pub, a...
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Tributes paid to Brigg teacher
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former teacher who also received a town award for her work in the community.Eileen Payne, who died on April 11, aged 84, taught at schools in Brigg and Hibaldstow, as well...
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Further tributes paid to Scunthorpe man David Leckey
FURTHER tributes have been paid to much-loved Scunthorpe man David Leckey. More than 800 people attended the funeral of steelworks locomotive driver Mr Leckey, who died aged 45. Now, tributes to the...
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Tribute to Carol Robson - outstanding teacher at St Lawrence...
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Scunthorpe teacher who has died suddenly.Carol Robson, 55, suffered a heart attack at her home on Saturday morning.Leader for languages at the St Lawrence Academy...
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Tributes paid after popular hairdresser dies
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular hairdresser who passed away suddenly at his home.Tom Whittle worked as a hairdresser in Barton's town centre for 23 years – and opened the well-known Rio unisex...
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Twinkle tribute: Pop star married Scunthorpe man who starred in...
Twinkle - the pop singer and songwriter Lynn Anette Ripley who has died aged 66 - was married to Scunthorpe-born Graham Wilson. The couple wed in 1972 and lived on a farm in Surrey where their...
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Tribute to Scunthorpe sportsman & fundraiser Shaun Farry
Regulars at the Star Inn, Ashby, are in mourning for one of their drinking mates, Shaun Farry, who died at Hull Royal Infirmary, aged 60, at the weekend - after a long illness.Father-of-two and...
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Tribute to top Scunthorpe steelworks manager
KEITH Graham, a man said to be passionate about the steel-making industry in Scunthorpe, has died in the town's general hospital at the age of 77.During his career, father-of-two Mr Graham managed the...
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Tribute to union chief Bill Sirs who came to Scunthorpe during...
Trade union chief Bill Sirs, who came to Scunthorpe to support strikers during the bitter 1979/80 industrial dispute, has died, aged 95. He was then general secretary of the huge Iron & Steel...
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One of Scunthorpe's oldest men, shoe repairer Harry Hunter, dies...
RETIRED award-winning shoe repairer John Henry Hunter, who was one of the oldest men in North Lincolnshire, has died just two months away from his 104th birthday.For more than 50 years, Mr Hunter – who...
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'She loved life': Devastated former colleagues of Claire Windass...
A MINUTE'S silence will be held across the country tomorrow (Friday, July 3) to honour those killed in the Tunisian terrorist attack – including Scunthorpe mum Claire Windass.Mrs Windass was one of 38...
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Family's tribute to M180 crash victim Adam Baxter who 'lived life...
THE family of a passionate mechanic and car lover have paid tribute to a man who "broke the mould".As reported, Adam Baxter, 26, of Barton, died when his car left the M180 on Tuesday, June 16.On...
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Tributes to Scunthorpe reporter & theatre critic who...
ALTHEA Robins, the former women's editor and theatre critic for the Scunthorpe Telegraph, has died in the town's hospital at the age of 88.During her journalistic career in the 1970s and 1980s,...
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