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GEOFF HEDGE: Writer who knew property business

Geoff Hedge

4:00pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

TRIBUTES from friends, family and colleagues have been paid to Geoff Hedge, chief property writer with The Oxford Times, who died suddenly last week.

PETER UPTON: Winning awards for his photos

Winning awards for his photos

3:47pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

AMATEUR photographer, lecturer and judge, Peter Upton, has died aged 75.

PETER FRANKLIN: Carpenter was man of many talents

Peter Franklin

3:45pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

PETER Franklin, who has died aged 82, had a varied career as a carpenter, soldier, and bellringer.

WILLIAM CLARK: Butcher noted for his tasty sausages

William Clark

3:38pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

WANTAGE butcher William Clark has died at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, aged 76.

ROGER SMITH: Florist would not sell land

Roger Smith

3:35pm Wednesday 3rd February 2010

GARDENER Roger Smith, who turned down a £30,000 offer from a builder for a plot of his land, has died aged 86.

LINDA HACKETT: Our 'lovely lady'

5:31pm Wednesday 27th January 2010

A POPULAR face at Oxford United and a Marston primary school will be remembered as “our lovely lady”.

FRED DAWSON: Man who dug up hoard of treasure

5:30pm Wednesday 27th January 2010

A LABOURER who discovered a rare hoard of gold coins at Childrey Manor in 1937 has died.

MEINEKE COX: Champion of Abingdon local history

5:29pm Wednesday 27th January 2010

ONE of Abingdon’s best known historians has died, aged 80.

Stella Gough: a life devoted to helping others

Stella Gough

3:52pm Wednesday 20th January 2010

STELLA Gough, a tireless voluntary worker for charity groups in Oxford, has died aged 97.

Jean McKerrow: Leading light in county Guiding

Jean McKerrow and her husband Stuart

4:04pm Wednesday 13th January 2010

JEAN McKerrow, who was active in the Girl Guides for many dec-ades, becoming Oxfordshire County Commissioner, died on January 11, aged 88.




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