Sounds like she had a long & finely lived life, David. Sorry about the Society...
Doug
On 2013-06-01, at 5:42 PM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes, Mark. Paddy had been really pleased that the LPS had managed to
> survive as long as it did but remarked, when we last saw her, how 'cultural
> changes' were moving in quite another direction.
>
> PS correction: May 21st was the date of the Guardian obit,
>
>
> On 1 June 2013 23:44, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> IO'm sorry to hear these two bits of bad news.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Jun 1, 2013 6:39 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Paddy Fraser obit.
>>>
>>> The Leicester Poetry society, which itself is in the process of closing
>>> down, lost its longest standing member, and honorary president, when Paddy
>>> Fraser died on May 21st. Her daughter Helen recalled her in this Guardian
>>> obituary:
>>>
>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/may/21/paddy-fraser-obituary
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>
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