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2025-08-17T16:16:17+01:00 @openbenches posted:
RAYMOND EDWARD BAKER
1929 - 2018
MUCH LOVED
GREATLY MISSED

SARAH NELSON BAKER - SALLY
1935 - 2023
ALSO MUCH LOVED
AND GREATLY MISSED
https://openbenches.org/bench/39084
2025-08-17T16:15:19+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DAD
HARRY BALDWIN
AND THE HOURS WE SPENT HERE TOGETHER
https://openbenches.org/bench/39062
2025-08-17T16:15:03+01:00 @openbenches posted:
In Loving Memory
Of
John W. D. Clinch
1946 - 2006
https://openbenches.org/bench/39103
2025-08-17T16:13:58+01:00 @openbenches posted:
FOR JOOLIA 1965 - 2001
YOUR LOVE AND SPIRIT
WILL SHINE THROUGH
EVERY SPARKLING STAR
https://openbenches.org/bench/39085
2025-08-17T16:13:00+01:00 @openbenches posted:
PHILIP MINTO 1953 - 2016
GORGEOUS BROTHER, FAB UNCLE
AND DEAREST FRIEND
WHO LOVED THIS PLACE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39063
2025-08-17T16:11:38+01:00 @openbenches posted:
OUR WONDERFUL FATHER
STEPHEN HERRON JERMYN
01-06-32 - 26-08-2001
YOUR WONDERFUL VIEW

VERY JARMYN 19-1-1932 - 25-11-2023
OUR BEAUTIFUL MAM JOINING DAD
TOGETHER AGAIN ENJOY THE VIEW
IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER LOVED
https://openbenches.org/bench/39086
2025-08-17T16:10:41+01:00 @openbenches posted:
REST IN PEACE CHRIS WILKINSON
TAKEN FROM US ALL TOO SOON
13-5-57 - 5-10-15 ♥️
IN MY LIFE I LOVE YOU MORE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39070
2025-08-17T16:09:19+01:00 @openbenches posted:
SARAH VANESSA GALLOWAY
SUPERNOVA SUNRISE SEEKER
VIVID VALIANT VENTURER
GORGEOUS GREGARIOUS GLOWS ON
https://openbenches.org/bench/39087
2025-08-17T16:08:22+01:00 @openbenches posted:
ROY BOWDEN 1936 - 2019
WE SIT HERE AND THINK OF YOU
THE HAPPY TIMES WE SHARED
FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED X X X

OLWEN BOWDEN 1934 - 2023
FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED
WE KNOW YOU ARE WITH DAD
NEVER TO BE PARTED AGAIN X X X
https://openbenches.org/bench/39071
2025-08-17T16:07:00+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN PRECIOUS MEMORY OF
LAURA AND RALPH ATKINSON
WALLSEND
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO

IN MEMORY OF RALPH ATKINSON 68
SKIPPER OF APPLEDORE, N DEVON
PRECIOUS BROTHER & FAMILY MAN
I MUST GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN

Cameron Aaron Atkinson
Age 20 of Appledore, North Devon
Previous to all who knew him, taken too soon.
"Gone fishing with Grandad Ralph"
https://openbenches.org/bench/39088
2025-08-17T16:06:02+01:00 @openbenches posted:
JUDY ANNE BOYLE 1947 - 2013
A WONDERFUL WIFE MUM NANA
SISTER AND FRIEND. WHO WE WILL
LOVE AND MISS ALWAYS X X X

ALICE AND JOHN BYRNE
PARENTS OF FOUR
GRANDPARENTS OF SEVEN
SIDE BY SIDE TOGETHER IN HEAVEN
https://openbenches.org/bench/39072
2025-08-17T16:04:41+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PAUL ESBENSEN 1/4/46 - 26/10/17
BELOVED DAD AND GRANDA
"TAKK FOR ALT"
https://openbenches.org/bench/39089
2025-08-17T16:03:44+01:00 @openbenches posted:
DAPHNE TASKER
DI AND D2 TOGETHER AGAIN
WITH LOVE
HELEN, MARTIN AND CLIVE

EVERYDAY'S MOST QUIET NEED
-BROWNING
FOR DOUGLAS TASKER ARCHITECT
FROM HIS FAMILY

IN MEMORY AND QUIET
REFLECTION
COL A.K. TASKER TDDL
ARCHITECT TYNEMOUTH
https://openbenches.org/bench/39078
2025-08-17T16:02:22+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LEWIS IAN SAUNDERS 2002 - 2021
OUR LEW, HE IS A BELTER, DIFFERENT FROM THE REST
ALL OUR LOVE, FOREVER. YOUR FAMILY.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
IAN ALDOURIE CHISHOLM 1953 - 2020
THE BIG RIVER WILL ALWAYS RISE FOR OUR LOCAL HERO
ALL OUR LOVE, FOREVER. YOUR FAMILY X

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SALLY CHISHOLM 1921 - 2020
A REMARKABLE & SPECIAL LADY - YOUR LEGACY LIVES ON
ALL OUR LOVE, FOREVER. YOUR FAMILY. X

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JACKSON 2011 - 2020
ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE
ALL OUR LOVE, FOREVER. YOUR FAMILY. X

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WINSTON 2011 - 2021
A DOG AND FRIEND OF A LIFETIME
ALL OUR LOVE, FOREVER. YOUR FAMILY. X

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
STELLA 2011 - 2022
OUR PERFECT LITTLE GIRL
ALL OUR LOVE, FOREVER. YOUR FAMILY. X
https://openbenches.org/bench/39090
2025-08-17T16:01:24+01:00 @openbenches posted:
A SEAT WHERE WE CAN BE WITH YOU
OUR SPECIAL PLACE, A PERFECT VIEW
WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH
FOREVER & ALWAYS RACHEL & KIDS X

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DAVID JAMES MCGINTY 1975-2021
FOREVER LOVED PARTNER, DAD,
SON, BROTHER AND FRIEND TO MANY.
https://openbenches.org/bench/39079
2025-08-17T16:00:03+01:00 @openbenches posted:
DOUGLAS R DUNN, BORN 1-10-1945
"ONLY THE WANDERER KNOWS
ENGLAND'S GRACES"
DIED, LIBYAN DESERT, 12-6-1992
https://openbenches.org/bench/39091
2025-08-17T15:59:05+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEFF VYSE
24-10-1960 - 21-02-2023
MUCH LOVED DAD, SON,
PARTNER, BROTHER & UNCLE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39080
2025-08-17T15:56:45+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN MEMORY
MARGARET MARY KETHERO 1928-2000.
WE LOVE AND MISS YOU MA AND BESTEST NANA
DAUGHTERS GILLIAN AND ANNE. GRANDAUGHTERS. VICTORIA, GEMMA AND SARAH.
I have learned to live each day as it comes and not to borrow trouble by dreadIng tomorrow
Supplied by Peter Barratt's Garden Centres
https://openbenches.org/bench/39081
2025-08-17T15:54:27+01:00 @openbenches posted:
SHARON ALISON RATE
OUR BEAUTIFUL MAM AND NANA
LOOK AT THE STARS
LOOK HOW THEY SHINE FOR YOU
https://openbenches.org/bench/39082
2025-08-17T15:53:47+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DAD
HARRY BALDWIN
AND THE HOURS WE SPENT HERE TOGETHER
https://openbenches.org/bench/39062
2025-08-17T15:52:02+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SYLVIA ELLIOTT 10/6/44 - 17/3/24
A TREASURED WIFE, MAM AND NANA
SIT WITH HER AND ENJOY THE VIEW
https://openbenches.org/bench/39083
2025-08-17T15:51:18+01:00 @openbenches posted:
PHILIP MINTO 1953 - 2016
GORGEOUS BROTHER, FAB UNCLE
AND DEAREST FRIEND
WHO LOVED THIS PLACE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39063
2025-08-17T15:49:43+01:00 @openbenches posted:
RAYMOND EDWARD BAKER
1929 - 2018
MUCH LOVED
GREATLY MISSED

SARAH NELSON BAKER - SALLY
1935 - 2023
ALSO MUCH LOVED
AND GREATLY MISSED
https://openbenches.org/bench/39084
2025-08-17T15:48:58+01:00 @openbenches posted:
REST IN PEACE CHRIS WILKINSON
TAKEN FROM US ALL TOO SOON
13-5-57 - 5-10-15 ♥️
IN MY LIFE I LOVE YOU MORE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39070
2025-08-17T15:47:24+01:00 @openbenches posted:
FOR JOOLIA 1965 - 2001
YOUR LOVE AND SPIRIT
WILL SHINE THROUGH
EVERY SPARKLING STAR
https://openbenches.org/bench/39085
2025-08-17T15:46:38+01:00 @openbenches posted:
ROY BOWDEN 1936 - 2019
WE SIT HERE AND THINK OF YOU
THE HAPPY TIMES WE SHARED
FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED X X X

OLWEN BOWDEN 1934 - 2023
FOREVER LOVED AND MISSED
WE KNOW YOU ARE WITH DAD
NEVER TO BE PARTED AGAIN X X X
https://openbenches.org/bench/39071
2025-08-17T15:45:03+01:00 @openbenches posted:
OUR WONDERFUL FATHER
STEPHEN HERRON JERMYN
01-06-32 - 26-08-2001
YOUR WONDERFUL VIEW

VERY JARMYN 19-1-1932 - 25-11-2023
OUR BEAUTIFUL MAM JOINING DAD
TOGETHER AGAIN ENJOY THE VIEW
IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER LOVED
https://openbenches.org/bench/39086
2025-08-17T15:44:16+01:00 @openbenches posted:
JUDY ANNE BOYLE 1947 - 2013
A WONDERFUL WIFE MUM NANA
SISTER AND FRIEND. WHO WE WILL
LOVE AND MISS ALWAYS X X X

ALICE AND JOHN BYRNE
PARENTS OF FOUR
GRANDPARENTS OF SEVEN
SIDE BY SIDE TOGETHER IN HEAVEN
https://openbenches.org/bench/39072
2025-08-17T15:41:57+01:00 @openbenches posted:
MIKE STOREY EX RNLI
FLEET STAFF COXSWAIN
OUR HERO ON LAND AND SEA
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED
https://openbenches.org/bench/39073
2025-08-17T15:39:37+01:00 @openbenches posted:
JOYCE JOHNSTONE
9-3-1931 TO 6-10-2019
GRANDMA, SIT WITH US AND GRANDA
FOLD US IN YOUR ENDLESS LOVE

GERALD "GERRY" JOHNSTONE
30-08-1929 TO 19-09-2018
GRANDA SIT WITH ME A WHILE
HOLD MY HAND AND WATCH THE SEA

GERALD "GERRY" JOHNSTONE JNR
18-11-1950 TO 29-04-2020
AS YOU SPEED ON ROAD AND SEA
OUR LOVE IS WITH YOU CONSTANTLY
https://openbenches.org/bench/39074
2025-08-17T15:37:16+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
ETHEL JANES (1917 - 2020)
WILFRED JANES (1918 - 1972)
https://openbenches.org/bench/39075
2025-08-17T15:34:50+01:00 @openbenches posted:
CLARE MARIE EMMERSON
1981 - 2025. LOVED DAUGHTER,
MAM, SISTER AND WIFE
RUNNING HER ETERNAL CATTERY

IN MEMORY OF DEREK DODD
LOVED SON AND BROTHER
DIED ON MARCH 14TH 2003
GONE FISHING
https://openbenches.org/bench/39076
2025-08-17T15:32:26+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
MY DARLING WIFE
NORMA PRINGLE
"TWAS HEAVEN HERE WITH YOU"
https://openbenches.org/bench/39077
2025-08-17T15:31:45+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DAD
HARRY BALDWIN
AND THE HOURS WE SPENT HERE TOGETHER
https://openbenches.org/bench/39062
2025-08-17T15:30:04+01:00 @openbenches posted:
DAPHNE TASKER
DI AND D2 TOGETHER AGAIN
WITH LOVE
HELEN, MARTIN AND CLIVE

EVERYDAY'S MOST QUIET NEED
-BROWNING
FOR DOUGLAS TASKER ARCHITECT
FROM HIS FAMILY

IN MEMORY AND QUIET
REFLECTION
COL A.K. TASKER TDDL
ARCHITECT TYNEMOUTH
https://openbenches.org/bench/39078
2025-08-17T15:29:22+01:00 @openbenches posted:
PHILIP MINTO 1953 - 2016
GORGEOUS BROTHER, FAB UNCLE
AND DEAREST FRIEND
WHO LOVED THIS PLACE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39063
2025-08-17T15:26:58+01:00 @openbenches posted:
PARVEEN BHANDARI (WALIA) (1964 - 2024)
PENA'S DEEDS WERE JOYOUS
HER KINDNESS TOUCHED ALL
SHE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF LOVE

PUSHPA WALIA (1936 - 2019)
LOVING MOTHER, WIFE, GRANDMA
MANO NA MANO KHUSHI AAPKI
HUM MUSAFIR HAIN KAL APNE GHAR JAYENGE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39064
2025-08-17T15:24:35+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN "JACK" HENDERSON
WHO LOVED THE SEA
https://openbenches.org/bench/39065
2025-08-17T15:22:12+01:00 @openbenches posted:
MAUREEN MCANELLY 1928 TO 2019
MUCH LOVED MAM, GRANDMA
AND GREAT GRANDMA
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS

IN MEMORY OF A LOVING
HUSBAND, DAD & GRANDAD
LAWRENCE McANELLY
ALWAYS IN OUR THOUGHTS
https://openbenches.org/bench/39066
2025-08-17T15:19:48+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MELVIN AND
MARION WILDING (DAVIDSON)
DIED 23-7-12 & 31-8-21
FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
https://openbenches.org/bench/39067
2025-08-17T15:17:25+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM ALAN LOCKEY
1941 - 2023
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND, FATHER AND POP
https://openbenches.org/bench/39068
2025-08-17T15:15:02+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY
PAT CLARK DISLEY
4 MAY 1941 - 25 FEBRUARY 2016
PAT IS FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS
https://openbenches.org/bench/39069
2025-08-17T15:02:30+01:00 @openbenches posted:
FELIX LOUIS SYLVANNUS N'JAI
1971-2023
"SEE YOU IN CHURCH"
https://openbenches.org/bench/39060
2025-08-17T15:00:04+01:00 @openbenches posted:
Amble Town Council
John A Harrington
1959 - 2024
Sat with Rolo watching the world go by,
HAPPY DAYS
Loved and cherished always
https://openbenches.org/bench/39061
2025-08-17T12:30:02+01:00 @openbenches posted:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JUNE TAYLOR
1940 - 2005
"OUR JUNE"
https://openbenches.org/bench/39059
2025-08-17T10:45:04+01:00 @openbenches posted:
FOR
JOHN RAYMOND WHITELEY
WHO, WITH HIS FAMILY.
LOVED THIS PLACE
https://openbenches.org/bench/39058
2025-08-16T16:15:03+01:00 @openbenches posted:
In fond memory of Bill Bushnell,
a sadly missed colleague, an inspiration and true
gentleman. Also his wife Mary.
Bill Bushnell, West Berkshire Council
Senior Highways Technician 2005-08
Public Rights of Way Officer 2008-17
https://openbenches.org/bench/39057
2025-08-16T08:15:03+01:00 @openbenches posted:
In Loving Memory of
DENNIS CHAPMAN
8.3.1946-9.2.2025
&
LINDA CHAPMAN
17.10.1949-2.1.2021
https://openbenches.org/bench/39056
2025-08-15T18:45:03+01:00 @openbenches posted:
In Memory of
CELESTE DODGE.
Who died 28th June 1992, aged 19
A friend of many,
sadly missed.
https://openbenches.org/bench/39055
2025-08-15T15:15:13+01:00 @openbenches posted:
This Stretch Of River Is Affectionately
Known As "Blind Mans Stretch" In Honour Of
Tommy Shuttlewood
Who Spent Many Happy Days Here
1966-2011
https://openbenches.org/bench/39053