5 Apr 2021 at 17:12
I was and am proud to call Cheryl Gillan a friend. I was so sad to learn this afternoon that she had died. She had been in poor health for some time and had been devastated by the death of her beloved husband Jack Leeming at the age of 91 in 2019. She was absolutely devoted to him and cared for him lovingly in his latter years. They were a real team. He might have been older than her but they were so well matched.
I first met Cheryl in the mid 1980s when she interviewed me to be a member of the Bow Group, back in the days when it was highly respected. They didn t accept any old rif-raff! Then after she was elected we met occasionally, but it was in 2005 that our friendship blossomed. She was on David Davis s Shadow Home Affairs team and a key supporter of his in the leadership contest. She was what one call a real trooper. There were a few big egos in that team and she would delight in puncturing them. She was happy to accept any task for the team no matter how
Tributes have been paid following the death of Jane Jacomb-Hood
- Credit: Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall
Tributes have been paid following the death of a lovely, kind and warm-hearted Aldeburgh stalwart who spent a life working with the rich and famous.
Jane Jacomb-Hood was well-known to visitors of Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall, where she would check tickets on entry and sell programmes but also devoted an enormous amount of time and energy to encouraging theatre companies, musicians and others to perform at the hall .
Born in 1952, she also started the popular biannual Aldeburgh Craft Fair and supported the Aldeburgh Summer Theatre and the town s Jubilee Opera, while also working as an administrator at Aldeburgh Parish Church.
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