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Clifford William Lee — February 23, 1931-September 28, 2014
20/10/14
CLIFF LEE was born in Manchester and educated at North Manchester High School. After leaving school in 1947, he joined the Air Ministry and worked in the field of meteorology for the RAF in Kent and Lincolnshire. In 1948, he returned to Manchester ...
Rt Rev John Bone, former Bishop of Reading
21/07/14
THE former Bishop of Reading, the Rt Rev John Bone, has died, aged 83. He served as bishop between 1989 and 1996 before retiring in Henley. He was born on August 28, 1930, the son of Jack and Herberta Bone. He was awarded an exhibition to Monkton ...
Legendary entertainer Kenny Lynch passes away aged 81
18/12/19
ENTERTAINER Kenny Lynch has died aged 81. The actor and singer, who lived in Nettlebed, passed away in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). The news was shared by his two children, Amy and Bobby, who shared several photographs of him on ...
Ann Ducker, leader of South Oxfordshire District Council
29/09/14
TRIBUTES have been paid to Ann Ducker, the leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, who passed away on Sunday after a short illness. Mrs Ducker, 71, lived at South Stoke Farm, Wallingford, and for many years ran a family business with her ...
Veteran who became decorator
03/03/14
WILLIAM James Roberts was born on October 28, 1926 and died on January 11, 2014. Bill lived his entire life in and around Henley and many will remember him as a postman and later as a painter and decorator. A sailor who served in the Second ...
Obituary: Lead guitarist of The Trends
27/05/14
DAVE ELAM, a former resident of Sonning Common and Reading, and lead guitarist and co-founder of local Sixties rock band The Trends, died at Manchester Royal Infirmary on May 13, aged 70. Dave was born in Caversham on July 2, 1943 and ...
Roland King — March 23, 1951 to September 14, 2014
ROLAND JOHN KING died unexpectedly, aged 63, from a heart attack on Sunday, September 14. Born on March 23, 1951, he was the middle son of three born to Charles (deceased) and Dorothy, now 90. Ro or Roly, as he was known to his ...
Obituary: Gordon Mintern, Regal cinema manager and organ enthusiast
04/02/19
A MAN who managed Henley’s old Regal cinema for more than three decades and helped to shape its replacement has died. Gordon Mintern, a widower who lived in The Close, off Greys Road, Henley, passed away on December 16, aged ...
Obituary: Brian Flattery
02/06/14
FORMER Henley resident Brian Flattery died on May 20 at his home in Des Moines, Iowa, after a short illness. He was 70. He moved to Henley with his wife-to-be, Marian, in 1999 and they were married in the town’s register ...
Obituary - Freydis Sharland 1920-2014
16/06/14
A WOMAN who flew Spitfires for the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War has died, aged 93. Freydis Sharland, of Brook Street, Benson, learned to fly at Cambridge before the war but had total flying ...
Landlady with a love of the outdoors
14/04/14
JEANETTA FASSNIDGE (née Blattner) died peacefully after a short illness in Cornwall on April 8, aged 80, comforted by her daughter Andrea and son-in-law Simon. Jeanetta was born on January 12, 1934 in Islington, ...
Horst Gross 1940-2014
23/06/14
HORST GROSS was born in the Alstadt in Düsseldorf. He lived with his father Herbert, mother Wilma and sister Ute in Rheinallee, Oberkassel, until he went to seek his fortune in England in 1966. Horst worked in ...
George Graham Young, June 12, 1934-May 28, 2014
09/06/14
GRAHAM YOUNG, a well-known figure on Henley Bridge, has died after a brief illness, aged 79. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on May 28 at the Sue Ryder hospice in Nettlebed. George Graham ...
Jeweller who loved fun, family life and Henley
13/01/14
ROBERT John Read, known to all as Bob, was born to Phyllis and Albert Read in the Gower in South Wales on November 16, 1931. He was a brother to Peter, who at eight years his senior was a role model he ...
Village footballer and landscape gardener
19/05/14
A FORMER footballer and landscape gardener from Sonning Common has died following a short illness. Nick Potter, who was 69, and his wife Val used to live in Lambourne Road and he played for the ...
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