'One of the generation we will never see again' - tribute to Scarborough's Eddie Pickering
Tribute has been paid to a 94-year-old Scarborough man who lived his entire life in the town who hundreds of people will remember from his days in the printing industry and on the football terraces.
Born in 1930, Eddie Pickering was an almost lifetime supporter of Scarborough Athletic Football Club as he started going to matches aged 17 up until last year, aged 93.
Mr Pickering was a JP from 1976 until aged 70, a chairman of the bench and licensee.
He was presented with an award from HRH Princess Anne for his work with Victim Support once retired as a JP.
He was also a a printer at Dennis Printworks in Scarborough, then Pindar, where he was a trade union representative for years and proud of supporting the workers.
He was married to Edith, 91, for 70 years – the pair met at Dennis’s printers when Edith was 16.
At the age of six, Mr Pickering donated a bouquet of flowers to the new matron of the new Scarborough Hospital in 1936 on the day of its opening.
Mr Pickering’s grandfather Edward Crowe was a key player in the hospital being opened, as well as decorated.
Daughter Debbie Perkin – who trained at the hospital and worked in the A&E department in the 1990s – said: “His was a life well-lived and he was one of the generation we will never see again.”
His celebration of life service will take place on Thursday, September 25 at 1pm at Woodlands Crematorium.
Donations to Juniper ward at Scarborough Hospital.
Mr Pickering also leaves daughter Debbie, 60, and granddaughter Eden, 19.