Jim Marshall: An Appreciation It is particularly sad to have to report on the death, on Tuesday 11 September, of Jim Marshall, following a brain haemorrhage.   Jim – predeceased only fairly recently by his wife Noreen – was a long-standing, dedicated, and much-valued member of NWEMF, a loyal attendant of both its workshops and its … Continue reading Jim Marshall (11 September 2012)

IAN HILTON: An Appreciation Ian Hilton died peacefully in the early hours of Saturday 18 August.  As many readers will know, Ian had been suffering from dementia for a number of years.  I first met Ian in the mid-1970s (pre-NWEMF), when he joined one of the recorder classes in the newly-inaugurated music department of the … Continue reading Ian Hilton (18 August 2012)

JOHN AUSTIN I first met John and Margaret at the long-gone College of Adult Education in Manchester where Roger had invited me to continue the Saturday viol consort classes originally set up by Joan Wess. Many other meetings were to follow:- consort classes at my house; annual viol weekends at Alston Hall; the Ambleside Summer … Continue reading John Austin (8 April 2012)

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