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Obituaries
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Neil Murphy (1950-58)
and Northamptonshire Society of Chartered Accountants. He was also a trustee of The Helen Jean Cope Charity. He lived in Saxelbye with his wife of 44 years, Helen, where he died suddenly but peacefully of a heart attack on July 19th. He also leaves two daughters, Rebecca and Louisa, and five grandNeil Murphy children. Mrs Murphy said: “He was known to many as a friend and touched many lives, particularly through the charity. He was a great animal lover and keen on aviation. He was a keen sportsman and played for the first teams in both cricket and rugby when he was at Loughborough Grammar School and also played in the first teams for Loughborough Town, again for both cricket and rugby. In latter years he opened the batting for Rempstone Village cricket team. He will be greatly missed
A prominent Loughborough businessman and magistrate has died at the age of 69. Neil Murphy, a chartered accountant by profession, was born in Leicester and moved to Loughborough as a child, attending LGS. In 1970 he became one of the youngest magistrates ever in the country and served as the chairman of the Juvenile Bench before being chairman of the Loughborough Bench of Magistrates for eight years. He practised as a chartered accountant in Loughborough and Leicester and led the partnership into a large national organisation. When that dissolved he reverted back to practising in the county until 1994 when he took up a position as finance director of a manufacturing company in Peterborough. He retired from the Bench in 1999 after 29 years of service and finally fully retired in 2007. Other titles included Director of Loughborough Building Society and President of Leicestershire
In the News
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A Shepshed serviceman is coming out of the Royal Air Force after 30 years. Chief techniTroy cian S e a m a n Troy Seaman is congratulated (1975-80) by Air Vice Marshall Young. was born in Loughborough and attended Loughborough Grammar School before entering the RAF aged 16 in March 1981. Tours included the Gulf, Turkey and Gioia del Colle in Italy and he has been based across the country, starting at RAF Cottesmore, before moving to Kinloss, Coltishall, Henlow, back to Coltishall, Marham and finally Wittering. The 47year-old is now preparing to settle back into civilian life with his wife Teresa, who he met while shelfstacking at Kwiksave in Loughborough, and children Rebekka, aged 18, and Raith, aged 15. He said: "Initially I signed up for six years, I certainly wasn't expecting to stay on for more than that but as I moved up the ranks from aircraft mechanic to a technician I kept signing on.
A local man who suffered a severe stroke aged just 35 has published his memoirs. A large part of ‘Halfway Gone - Life and Love After Stroke’ by Matthew PadMatthew Padmore more (1983-90) is about how he coped with having his life turned around by the condition which led to him losing his job, wife and most of the movement in the left side of his body. Despite this Matt, now 40, is lucky to be alive at all after spending a week in a coma and six months in hospital in Japan where he was living at the time. “It was a complete shock,” said Matt who now lives with his parents in Barrow. “You never expect something like that to happen to you so young. “I was working as a teacher in a school in Japan and I was packing my bag ready to go to work one morning when I just keeled over. “After coming out of the coma I spent six months in hospital. It’s been terrible, very hard. I’m doing better now but the first few years were very tough.” 43