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Leslie Coe
He was born in Pharos Street, Fleetwood and educated He married Betty and they had a daughter Gillian. He continued to be a keen cricketer and also excelled at golf, eventually being elected captain of a club in Fulwood. His wife Betty died more than ten years ago and it was about this time he joined our club and was present at most meetings. He was our chairman of the day on several occasions, most recently in 2005. He lived at Talbot Court, Beverley Road, near St. Annes Road East. GFH |
Leslie
died in a Cleveleys nursing home in April at the age of 81.
there and at Baines
Grammar School. He first worked for the Dunlop company but at 18 was
conscripted to do his National Service with the RAF. For much of this
time he was an Admin clerk at Bridgnorth in Shropshire, but as he was an
accomplished cricketer he said he spent a lot of his time, sometimes three
times a week, playing the game! On his return to civilian life he
spent most of his working life in the retail shoe trade with Clark's for
whom he travelled widely in the UK.|
Reg Glasgow MBE
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Reg
was born on 13th November 1913 in Seven Kings, near Ilford in Essex and
spent the early part of his life there. On leaving school, he worked in
Cannon Street in the City of London for the Grosvenor-Chater paper company.
He joined the London Rifle Brigade section of the Territorial Army and was
called up for service in World War II. Eventually he rose to the rank of
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant responsible for supplying front-line
troops. He was involved in keeping the troops supplied following the D-Day
landings. On one occasion, when the officer in charge of his section was
killed, Reg assumed command and for this he was awarded the MBE, a rare
award for military personnel.|
Jack Cudworth
Jack was born in 1933 in the village of Lees on the east side of Oldham. His father was a railway platelayer. Jack did his National Service in the Army from 1951 to 1953 during which time he was mostly serving in Germany. In 1957 he married Joyce, whom he had met while ballroom dancing in Oldham. They moved to this area in 1959. Jack was a sheet metal worker who was employed by Duple, the Blackpool coachbuilders. When they went out of business he later became an insurance collector. Jack and Joyce had four sons, one of whom now lives in Brazil, and they had eight grandchildren. A year ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and, after a four-month course of radiotherapy at Preston, he was told he was clear. However, he later developed pains which his doctor said was caused by gallstones but it continued until a second doctor diagnosed his problem as cancer of the gall bladder and he was immediately taken to hospital. His wife said that although he was ill, he was determined to renew his Probus subscription and did so. He had been a member since 2006 and lived in St. Patricks Road South in St. Annes.
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Tom Sumner
In 1948 he met Irene at a dance in Southport Floral Hall (his chat-up line was "How would you like some circuits and bumps?") and they were married the same year and later had a daughter, who now lives in Ansdell. Tom and Irene had recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary. On release from the RAF in 1950, he joined the Lancashire Police Force beginning as a constable at Orrell, near Wigan. Rising through the ranks and after 14 moves, he became Chief Inspector at Clitheroe with four police stations, including Burnley, under his control. On his retirement he and Irene moved to Lytham. He said that having been on call for much of his working life, he wanted a peaceful life with no commitments but he was at one time President of the local Past Rotarians and Chairman of the Aircrew Association. He joined our Probus Club in 1986, so had been a member for 25 years, but never served on the committee or sought office; in fact when it was suggested that he be nominated for the presidency, he declined. However, when asked to be chairman for the day, he always agreed, most recently in January 2010. He and the late Denny Edwards, who was a near neighbour, used to take turns in driving the other to the club meetings. GFH |
Tom was born on 12th November 1923 at Scarisbrick near Southport, where his parents ran the Swan Hotel in Bescar Lane. He went to the local school and on leaving got a job in a solicitor's office. In 1943 at the age of 20 he signed on
for 7 years in the RAF and trained (at one time in Canada) as a bomber pilot. He was a sergeant pilot but he never
flew any bombing missions.
He did however fly Lancasters delivering supplies to places like Italy.|
Eddie Horner
Eddie would have been 89 this month [April 2011] and joined Probus in 1982
and had continued attending meetings regularly until early March. (Eddie was
probably the second most long-serving member). Les Hall |
We are
saddened to learn of the death of Eddie who was admitted to Trinity Hospice
on Monday 28th March and sadly died the same day. He had been
suffering from cancer for some time, being lovingly cared for by Sylvia, his
wife, at home.|
Frank Gratton 
Frank Gratton has died in Victoria Hospital after a short illness. Frank was a quiet-spoken man, originally from Manchester and a fastidious joiner; he was a retired teacher of woodwork who lived in Forest Drive and who joined the club in 1998. In recent years, despite having at times problems with his memory, he was
still attending our meetings fairly regularly.
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Dr Peter Shadwick 
Doctor Peter Shadwick died on Thursday 19th August, in Victoria Hospital, Blackpool. He had had what was described as "a massive heart attack" last week since when he had been given little hope of recovery. Peter joined Probus in 2000 and had been to almost every meeting since, usually sitting near the middle of the audience. At least once a year he had been our chairman of the day, most recently on October 22nd 2009 when he introduced Dr. Vasudev for his talk on the role of the pathologist. Peter was born in Vienna in 1928 and so was 82. He qualified as a doctor and was for years the chief medical officer at the government offices at Norcross. He was married to Donna for forty years and leaves a son Mark and daughter Carol, who both live in the Unites States, and two step children Andrea and Richard. Peter was of the Jewish faith and his burial and funeral service were on Friday 20th August 2010. He lived at Hilton Court on South Promenade in St Annes. Geoff Hayman |
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Fred 'Bo' Allsopp "Bo" Allsop died on Thursday 18th March 2010.
He had been far from well since falling off a roof and from then had endured
a long period of illness. He had been a member of Probus since 1998
and regularly attended the meetings where he would sit quietly and wait for
the start. With his wife Judith, he rarely missed a Christmas lunch.
It was ill-health which meant he did not renew his membership for the season
just ending. Geoff Hayman |
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George Law
He supported Falkirk football club and a supporters' scarf was on his coffin at the funeral service on the 14th. He suffered rheumatic fever when young but on leaving school he became a porter on the local railway. At the age of 20 in 1940 he was called up and served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (his army cap with its red and white chequered band was also on his coffin). He was at Arromanches on D-Day but would never speak of his experiences either to his family or to any of our members. After war service he spent 30 years with I C I as a medical orderly. He is survived by his wife - they lived on Broadwood Way, near the Hole-In-One between Lytham and Ansdell. Geoff Hayman |
George Law died on Thursday 7th January 2010 after being ill
with cancer for some time. He joined St. Annes Probus in 2000 and
rarely if ever missed a meeting, usually arriving fairly early and sitting
quietly waiting for the start. He was a Scotsman with a noticeable
Scots accent. He was also a regular at Lytham Forum.|
Roger Spencer
He was brought up in Richmond, North Yorkshire and had worked for most of his life on railways where he eventually became goods depot manager, at one time at a large depot near Edinburgh. In retirement he enjoyed recreational walking and, as he had a free pass covering all British railways, he used it to get him to the start of walking trips. He was Probus President in 1989 and was elected a life member of our club a few years ago. His wife Marjorie always accompanied him to Probus functions. They lived in Bowes Lyon Place, St. Annes, just off Heyhouses Lane. Roger died in hospital on Tuesday 21st July 2009. His funeral was at the Crematorium in Regent Avenue on Thursday 30th July at 12:30. Geoff Hayman |
Roger was born in 1926 and was thus 82 or 83.
He joined Probus St. Annes in 1982 and had thus been a member for nearly
thirty years.|
Victor Middleton |