Obituaries

A man who forged himself a career in the seafaring industry, despite his eyesight not being good enough to fulfil...

Former National Farmers’ Union group secretary Alan Kitching, Penrith, died at the Eden Valley Hospice, aged 73

Former soldier, forestry and transport worker, Ken Buck, has died at the age of 92. Ken was born on 10th...

Bolton man Don Ford, known as a towering figure in British industry having been director of British Steel and honoured...

The world of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling is in mourning following the death of Roger Robson, from Ivegill, at the...

A respected former Penrith solicitor who lived in Great Salkeld, but spent the winter months in New Zealand, has died...

A keen bellringer, sports fan and long-serving member of Penrith’s institute of advanced motorists group, has died, aged 91.

Joan Alice Little, a mainstay of the community at Hackthorpe for many years, has died.

Dorothy Leeming was born at Ballechin, in Perthshire, on 9th March, 1916, during the middle of the First World War.

The death has occurred of former long-serving Lazonby Primary School headmaster Rod Rogers, of Bedlington, Northumberland, aged 73.