TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving teacher and parish councillor after he lost a brave battle with cancer. John Stonebridge was a science teacher and later head of physics at schools in Carlisle for 35 years, 10 of those at Trinity School. He also spent six years as a lecturer in Geology at Carlisle Technical College. Outside of work, he was a parish councillor for four years and, later, chairman of Burgh by Sands Parish Council for 13 years. John also enlisted in the Fourth King s Own Royal Border Regiment of the Territorial Army, and saw service during the Foot and Mouth crisis and both Cumbrian floods. He later joined the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.