DEATH OF FORMER BRIGG GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL

Brigg Blog is sorry to report the death of a former Brigg Girls' High School pupil.
Valerie Parish, who died aged 86, was the younger daughter of Layne's Garage, Bigby Street, coach-painter and signwriter Charles Taylor, a 1914-18 War Lincolnshire Regiment veteran, and his wife Dorothy (Dolly).
Valerie grew up in a newly-built council house on Hawthorn Avenue during the 1930s.
She was a bright pupil at Brigg County Primary School, on Glebe Road, and went on to gain a coveted place at the town's High School.
After leaving school post-war, Valerie went into banking and lodged, for some time, in Grimsby while working on the counter at a local branch.
She married Cliff Parish, from Willoughton, a former pupil of Brigg Grammar School. They eventually married at St John's Church, Brigg.
Valerie and Cliff went on to buy a new bungalow in a nice area on the outskirts of Lincoln and settled down to married life, both working in clerical positions.
They made frequent return visits to Brigg down the decades.
Following the death of her husband, Valerie stayed on in the couple's bungalow until ill-health meant moving to a care home in Lincoln.
Her funeral service was held at the city's  Washingborough Road crematorium on Tuesday, January 2 at 11.10am.
Family flowers only, please. Donations in lieu of flowers for the RAF Benevolent Fund will be welcome through a collection taken at the service, online at www.rafbf.org/donate or by cheques made payable to  'RAF Benevolent Fund'  sent to FREEPOST Remembering Someone Special, RAF Benevolent Fund, 67 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AR.