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21.01.2022 - 19:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Tributes are flowing to the inspirational favourite teacher of Steve Coogan and ex-Manchester United footballer Paul Scholes.
Retired PE and maths teacher at Middleton's Cardinal Langley RC High School, Martin Wilde, passed away aged 78 recently after a short illness.
His funeral in Morecambe was attended by about 100 people who remembered him as 'one of the kindest, caring and loving men...who tried to do everything with a smile on his face and with a great sense of humour and pride'.
Meanwhile, the Cardinal Langley Facebook page has been awash with glowing tributes.
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Born and brought up in the Alkrington area of Middleton, Martin had two sons, Paul, 49, and Keith, 47, and a stepdaughter, Rachael, as well as three grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Martin was a teacher at Cardinal Langley from 1970 until he retired 25 years later. He and his wife Carol moved to Morecambe soon after he left the school, where he left an indelible mark on the lives of the thousands of children he taught.
Paul told the Manchester Evening News: "My dad genuinely cared about everyone. Steve Coogan came to the funeral with his older brother Dave - all five Coogan brothers went to Cardinal Langley - and my dad taught Paul Scholes for five years.
"They and the rest of his pupils thought he was a great bloke who made being taught interesting. Steve told me that my dad treated him like a person, not a child.
"Steve said that sometimes he would miss the bus to school and my dad, if he saw him, would stop in his Datsun and give him a lift.
"My dad would say to Steve 'penny for them' - he wanted to know what the then young lad was thinking. He was genuinely
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