(Kevin) Fraser Simpson
Kevin Fraser Simpson (1950 – 2024), known as Fraser, was born in London on 2 March 1950, to Gay and Ray Simpson, the eldest brother to Kim, Gerry and Roly. Due to his father’s job, the family moved to Yorkshire and Pakistan, and when Fraser was five, to Hong Kong. ...
(Lister) Clive Beeley
Lister Clive Beeley (1937 – 2021), Clive, was born on 25 November 1937 to Gladys and Fred Beeley in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the older brother to Antony. Gladys and her sons managed to flee the Japanese invasion in 1943 but Fred died after being taken prisoner. After attending Bradford Grammar...
Ada Ivy Chapman
Ada Ivy Damms (1932 – 2020), Ivy, was born on 18th December 1932 at 6 Court, Apple St, Neepsend, Sheffield the third child of eight to Arnold and Gertrude. She grew up there and then from 1938, in Parson Cross, with her brothers and sisters, Walter, Fred, Joe, Arnold, Bryan...
Alan (Al) William Blackwood
Alan William Blackwood, Al (1932 – 2023) was born in Croydon on 23rd November 1932 an only child. Brought up in Hove, Alan left grammar school to become a cub reporter on the Brighton Argus (Evening Argus) newspaper. Conscripted for National Service at the age of 17, Alan went into...
Alan Duggan
Alan Duggan (1949 – 2018) was born in Newcastle to parents, Ronnie and Nellie and older brother, Joe. His modest upbringing informed his political principles. He was educated at Rutherford Grammar School and Hull University. Alan’s first job was as a porter at Fenwicks in Newcastle before he joined the...
Alan Kendall
Alan Kendall (1934 – 2017) was born on 9 April in Bethnal Green, the last of eleven children. He worked first as an electrician and then in a variety of trades including owning a market stall. Alan was a fan of boxing, football, and gambling, and was one of the...
Alan Pratt (Dr)
Dr Alan Pratt (1944 – 2019) was born on the 16th of January 1944 to Florrie and George in Lower Ince, Wigan, Greater Manchester. He had two older siblings, Frank and Marie. He passed the 11 plus and went to Hindley and Abram Grammar School. He was sporty with a...
Allan Ashworth
Allan Brent Ashworth (1955–2013) passed away at the age of 58, leaving behind his second wife, Karen, his five children, Sarah, Jenny, Kerry, Bekah and Jack, as well as three grandchildren, Isabel, Oliver and Samuel. Despite not enjoying school, Allan was a hard worker and talented cricketer. His diligence earned...
Allen Miller
Allen Miller (1955 – 2019) was born in Plymouth to Grace and Walt. He had a younger brother, Geoff. He won a scholarship to Plymouth College. He read economics at university in Manchester. Allen graduated in 1976 and worked as a programmer for the North Western Electricity Board. He then...
Amanda Green
Amanda Green (1956 – 2017) was born on 7 November, the eldest of two children born to Stella and Gerald Green. She started working at the Waldorf Hotel in London before a period of severe depression meant that she was in and out of various hospitals. Once she was discharged...
Andersen Burrows (Dr)
Dr. Andersen “Andy” Maria Burrows (1921–2019) was born in Freiburg, Germany to Ulla and Paul Otto Rosin. She had a sister, Helge, and a brother, Sebastian. When Andy was 12 the family moved to France, then to England five years later. Andy completed her secondary education at St Paul’s Girls...
Andrew (Andy) Paul Cooper
Andrew Paul Cooper (1954 – 2022), Andy, was born to Ben and Enid Cooper in Marple, Cheshire on 15th January 1954, the younger brother to Gerald and Janet. After leaving school in 1972 Andy went to Derby College to study Geology. After graduating in 1975, Andy had various jobs before...
Andrew Glyn Jones
Andrew Glyn Jones (1938 – 2021) was born on 3rd October 1938 to Ellen and Evan Jones in Morecambe, Lancashire. The family moved to Wales where Andrew attended Holyhead County School. After another family move he finished his schooling at Dover Grammar School for Boys. After leaving school Andrew worked...
Andrew Varney
Andrew Varney (1945 – 2024), was born in Norwich on 13th November 1945 to Vera and Ian Varney, the eldest brother to Richard, Nigel and Celia. The family moved to Writtle, Essex and then Swanley, Kent where Andrew attended Hextable School. He trained in radio operations at Norwood Technical College,...
Andy Fitch
Andy Fitch (1944 – 2017) was born in Grippa, a town near Leipzig in Germany, before moving with his mother to London as a child. He studied economics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then went on to become a teacher. He was a keen swimmer, hiker, and cyclist and ran...
Anita Ford
Anita Ford (1948-2018) was born in Enfield, an only child. She was the first member of her family to go to university. She studied sculpture at Loughborough where she obtained an honours degree which was followed by a one-year scholarship to study fine art at the Venice Accademia. Anita’s career...
Ann Mason Stone
Ann Mason Stone (1919 – 2022) was born on the 28 June 1919 in Gateshead to Janet and James Scott the youngest sibling to Grace, Janet and Jimmy. Ann left school at fourteen to work as a comptometer operator for Sinclair, the cigarette company. In 1943 Ann married Ron Stone...
Anne Hazard
Anne was born 23rd April 1952 in Hayes Middlesex, the younger sister of John and Margaret and the daughter of Muriel who was a housewife and Reg Bodkin who worked as a station master on the London Underground. The family soon moved to Sudbury and after leaving school, Anne trained...
Anne Roberts
Anne Margaret Roberts (1946 – 2019) was born in Middlesborough. She attended school there and at Our Lady’s Convent in Abingdon. She was first married in 1965 and Richard was born in 1969. Anne worked at the Atlas Laboratory and the Natural Environment Research Council. She married Gareth in 1975....
Annette Maureen Sides Johnson
Annette Maureen Sides Johnson (1937 – 2022) was born on 20th October 1937, the first child of Minnie and Harry Higgins. She grew up in Pontefract with her younger brother Peter and her Uncle Ken, who only a few years her senior, was like an older brother. Annette attended Love...
Annette Rae Maloney
Annette Rae Maloney (1949 – 2022) was born in Cheltenham on 30th April 1949, the eldest child of Hilda and Raymond Pennell. Her younger siblings were Yvonne, Ray and Don. She attended Rowanfield Junior School and Pates Grammar School and went to university to read Mathematics and Physics, gaining her...
Anthea Auty
Anthea Auty (1940 – 2020) was born on December 2nd 1940, in Dewsbury, to Dorothy and Albert Parnell but the marriage did not work out and because Dorothy had to work Anthea was brought up by her grandmother and aunt until Dorothy met and married Eric Dewhirst in 1948. So...
Anthony (Tony) Bell
Anthony (Tony) Bell (1943 – 2024) was born on 23 April 1943 in Bury, Lancashire, but spent his early childhood in Sierra Leone where his father was working. After his mother died, when Tony was nine, he and his older brother Chris were separated from their younger sister Kate, to...
Anthony (Tony) Sadler
Anthony Sadler (1931 – 2021), Tony was born in London on February 5th 1931 the third child of William and Helen Sadler with sisters, Joan and Betty and an uncle to Butch, Lorelea, Joanne and Jackie. He told tales of playing in bombed streets and then being evacuated to the...
