Obituaries

GEORGE ALLEN grew up in Devon, one of eleven children. He attended Newton Abbott Grammar School and then, at the age of 18, started an apprenticeship with the railway in Reading. It was here he […]

A SERVICE OF thanksgiving celebrating the life of Colin was held at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Reading on April 26, 2024. Colin was born to Robert and Mabel Ferguson in Perthshire. After a troubled […]

BET TICKNER, BBC journalist, linguist, walker, craftswoman and political animal, died in Caversham, Reading, on 6 January 2024, after a brief period of palliative care. She was born in London in 1946, attending Hornsey High […]

Farewell to a Caversham Shopkeeper from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Betty Frostick moved from London to Caversham in September 1963 with her husband Bert and 4-year-old daughter Joy. Betty and Bert bought the shop […]

JEAN NICHOLLS, known to many in the Caversham area through her connection with St John’s Church Caversham, and many local groups, passed away on 3 November 2022. Born in London, she spent the war years […]

NICOLA, WHO was known to many people in Caversham and was regarded with considerable affection because of her warmth and kindness, died 24 September 2022. Earlier this summer she had enjoyed being one of the […]

MARY PRIOR, a valued member of Caversham Methodist Church, died on 31 May 2022, aged 90. Mary began her life in Burghfield Common and, with her parents, attended the Methodist Chapel there. She worked for […]