http://www.kirkbyteaministry.co.uk/blog/2009/12/alice-wharton-1907-2009/ Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:35:26 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.kirkbyteaministry.co.uk/blog/2009/12/alice-wharton-1907-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Gill Lawson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:01:46 +0000 http://www.kirkbyteaministry.co.uk/blog/?p=553#comment-30 Alice Wharton was a lovely lady She was a rare diamond and will be greatly missed by all who knew her With her sense of fun and talent for story telling our Mothers Union meeting usually ended in riotous laughter.Alice was a staunch member of Alice Wharton was a lovely lady She was a rare diamond and will be greatly missed by all who knew her With her sense of fun and talent for story telling our Mothers Union meeting usually ended in riotous laughter.Alice was a staunch member of

]]> http://www.kirkbyteaministry.co.uk/blog/2009/12/alice-wharton-1907-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Fiona Steele Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:30:01 +0000 http://www.kirkbyteaministry.co.uk/blog/?p=553#comment-29 Alice Wharton is a great loss to Kirkby and St Chad's. Her fund of fascinating stories are something I will never forget. When I was teaching the History of WW2 to students at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk I invited Alice to come to Edge Hill on several occasions to tell some of her stories to the students. The course had a 3 hour slot which usually was occupied by a lecture, break, seminar. Once Alice started talking the students wouldn't let her stop,asking uestions and sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to hear her answer! Every year it was the same - it was the only time in my experience when no one wanted a tea break and if they could get her to continue after the 3 hours they did! Many of them would follow us into the cafe and continue to talk to her over lunch. Absolutely fascinating lady, born story teller, who should have been a history teacher or author! Alice Wharton is a great loss to Kirkby and St Chad’s. Her fund of fascinating stories are something I will never forget. When I was teaching the History of WW2 to students at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk I invited Alice to come to Edge Hill on several occasions to tell some of her stories to the students. The course had a 3 hour slot which usually was occupied by a lecture, break, seminar. Once Alice started talking the students wouldn’t let her stop,asking uestions and sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to hear her answer! Every year it was the same – it was the only time in my experience when no one wanted a tea break and if they could get her to continue after the 3 hours they did! Many of them would follow us into the cafe and continue to talk to her over lunch. Absolutely fascinating lady, born story teller, who should have been a history teacher or author!

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