Les Freeman LESLIE “Les” Maurice Freeman (63) lived in Coxheath and ran the Simply Delicious bakery for 28 years. A master baker who was
twice named Kent’s best baker, Les’s business supplied cafes and catered for local events. His bakery supplied indi- vidual busi- nesses, including the Eden Sandwich Bar in Maid- stone and the Heart of Kent Hospice café in town. Raised in Leicester as the son
of a baker, Les spent 43 years working in his trade, taking over his father’s business after he died. He moved to Dubai, where he set up bakeries and also met and marriedwife of 28 years, Romaine. The couple had a daughter, Sonya. Romaine said: “Les was very talented; he painted in oils, was good at carpentry and had a high IQ. He wrote a book about his experiences in the bakery, which can be bought from the business.He was also president of the Soldier Blue Motorcycle Club and rode a Harley David- son.
“People loved Les to bits, he
had a good sense of humour andwas passionate about doing things the right way. He used traditional recipes, some of them over 100 years old.” Les leaves his wife and daughter.
Bob Pullar ROBERT Bob” Pullar (83), of Egerton, was a self-taught far- rier who had lived and worked locally since his family moved to a farm in Lenham, from Scot- land, when he was a boy. Bob, the youngest of eight children, worked for many years running the Noah’s Ark farm in Headcorn. After the farm was sold in 1984, Bob lived and worked as a farmer in Lenham with his partner Renne. Well known in the farming community, the couple
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were more widely known for selling poultry and eggs. Bob’s death, as a result of a road acci- dent on the A274 at Sutton Va- lence in August, made local headlines.
Rose Savage WINIFRED Rose Savage (105), known as Rose, most recently of Ashton Lodge, St Michael’s Road, Maid- stone, had lived locally for most of her life. Born Rose Barney,
in
Southwark, London, she attended school in Pad- dockWood and worked locally before marrying Cecil James Savage in 1931. Cecil worked in tree care and Rose did farm work until the couple took The Engineers pub in Laddingford and ran it for 19 years. They raised children June,
Rose, James, David and Robert. After the pub the couple moved to Gallants Lane, East Farleigh, and when she was widowed Rose moved on to The Beacon, Coxheath, where she lived in- dependently until she was 99. Daughter-in-law Joan said:
“She was a very private person who had her close friends and loved her garden and her fam- ily. She was teetotal and had only smoked during the war, to calm her nerves.” Rose leaves four of her five children (her daughter Rose pre-deceased her), nine grand- children, 18 great-grandchil- dren and 13 great-great grandchildren.
Tony Nicklinson THE death of Tony Nicklinson (58) ofWiltshire made national headlines. Since suffering a severe
stroke and being left with locked-in syndrome (in which his active mind was trapped in a virtually paralysed and dete- riorating body), Tony had cam-
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and a former pupil of Cran- brook School, Tony will be re- membered locally as a noted player for the local rugby team in the 1970s and 80s. His friend Gezz Higgins, who played rugby with Tony said: “Tony was known as “Royals” be- cause he was the son of a Royal Marine. He played second row and number eight and was a damn good rugby player, well- respected locally, someone who loved a laugh and a very strong character. Just the kind of man you want to rub shoulders with.” Tony left Kent and worked in engineering, living and work- ing abroad. He met his wife Jane while the pair were work- ing in the Middle East. He suf- fered his massive stroke in Athens, on a work trip, in 2005. Jane had become known from her work caring for Tony and most of the communication with the press fell to her. Tony leaves his wife and daughters Lauren and Beth.
Pauline Moore BEARSTED’S Pauline Moore (88), was very well-known throughout the local area from her years of run- ning a riding school and for her high- profile and highly suc- cessful cam- paigning aimed at protecting Bearsted from property devel- opers. A resident of Sutton Street
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fine views of the surrounding countryside. Her campaigns against wide- spread development in the area included prolonged resistance to requests to buy the 12 acres of land she owned; as she got older she ensured the future of the land as a rural amenity by bequeathing it to Bearsted Woodland Trust. She served on the management team of the or- ganisation and wrote person- ally to Peter Willson, life president of the Bearsted Woodland Trust charity, saying: “This treasured land has given so much happiness to both young and old.” Her own property near the
land is now surrounded by trees planted by volunteers in recent years. Pauline was also very active in the successful campaign to block KIG (Kent International Gateway), a pro- posed commercial and trans- port hub which would have swallowed much of the rural land around Bearsted. For many years Pauline was known for running Bearsted Riding School; the facility opened in 1946 on a cinder track surrounding an apple or- chard before moving to Broad- acre.
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