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| Former mayor Colin Eastwell |
A SERVICE will be held next month to celebrate the life of former North East Lincolnshire mayor Colin Eastwell who sadly died, aged 93, on January 11.
A highly popular man, Colin was formerly a Liberal-Democrat councillor serving the Croft Baker ward. He was mayor during the 2008-09 civic year.
He had many interests including sport, especially cricket, and once hosted a party of West Indies players for a celebrity match at Cleethorpes Cricket Club.
He prepared to cook them a gargantuan breakfast, only to discover, to his dismay, that fresh fruit would have been preferable to the Test stars than a traditional English fry-up.
Colin always banged the drum for tourism, and it is likely he will be appropriately remembered by councillors and officers at the start of the meeting of NELC's tourism and visitor economy panel on Thursday (January 25).
The service of celebration will be held at Old Clee Parish Church, Church Lane, Old Clee, Grimsby on Wednesday February 7 at 12.45pm.
By request, family flowers only and donations in Colin's memory to Cancer Research UK, 2 Redman Place, London E20 1JQ. A donation box will be available on the day.
Any further enquiries to: J W Emberson Funeral Directors (Tel 01472 250074).
The full list of North East Lincolnshire mayors since 1996 is:
Len Taylor 1996/97
Terry Walker 1997/98
Chris Dixon 1998/99
George Mitchell 1999/2000
Jane Hyldon-King 2000/01
Norma Lincoln 2001/02
Ken Townsend 2002/03
Peter Barker 2003/04
Margaret Solomon 2004/05
Melanie Dickerson 2005/06
Margaret Thompson 2006/07
Stewart Swinburn 2007/08
Colin Eastwell 2008/09
John Colebrook 2009/10
Norma Lincoln 2010/11
Susan Pickett 2011/12
Mike Burton 2012/13
Peggy Elliott 2013/14
Alex Baxter 2014/15
Cliff Barber 2015/16
Christina A McGilligan-Fell 2016/17
Ron Shepherd 2017/18
Hazel Chase 2018/19
Terry Walker 2019/21
David Hasthorpe 2021/22
Steve Beasant 2022/23
Ian Lindley 2023/24
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