Obituaries

Frank Harland Frank Harland was born in 1940 in Newcastle to Betty and Brian Harland. Their early years were spent...

Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson The death has occurred of Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson, honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle, former...

Jenny Wilson A retired Penrith Queen Elizabeth Grammar School teacher and stalwart of Penrith Players has died aged 86. Jenny...

Gordon Rigg Former teacher, prominent Penrith businessman and noted charity fundraiser Gordon Rigg, of Brougham, has died at the age...

Annie Kindleysides The Maulds Meaburn area lost a woman who devoted her seemingly boundless energy to helping communities with which...

The Cumbrian farming community lost a real character and noted stockman with the death of Derick Wilson, of Dockray, aged...

Simon Temple Bennett, owner of the luxury hotel Augill Castle, and a former director of Cumbria Tourism, has died aged...

Not everyone has a mineshaft in their garden but my neighbour “Happy” Steve Frogley did, writes Ted Thompson.

Gordon Savage A respected farmer and former chairman of Eden District Council who was very much a man of the...

Jonathan Bousfield A former Kirkby Stephen man who became a minor public figure in Croatia, where he lived for many...