Tributes paid to Plymouth 'local celebrity'
02.05.2023 - 05:55
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Read more: Diners evacuated from busy Plymouth restaurant and barHeartbroken by his death, Ellie said: "We thought he would live forever. He had prostate cancer for a long time but he was 93 and he was tired and his time had come. "He was like a little local celebrity of Plymouth it seems because so many people knew him.
Everywhere we went people would say hello to him. He was always getting stopped by random people, especially when walking through town. "He was really loving and would do anything for anybody.
But he never wanted to accept help himself. He was very independent and stubborn. "He and my daughter Illice were inseparable.
They were like two little partners in crime. "Paying tribute to her grandfather, Illice Harris said: "He was known by a lot of people in Plymouth and did a lot for people around the city. He was an Argyle fan until his very last day.
We’re so glad they won on Saturday as that game meant so much to him. "Ted was born in Plymouth and was a carpenter from passing his apprenticeship until his late 80s, including for the council. He served with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 1950 to 1952.
When his daughters attended Boringdon Primary School in Plympton he helped establish a youth club there in the '80s. He also enjoyed giving talks in local primary schools such as Shakespeare Primary School in Honicknowle and Plaistow Hill Infant and Nursery School in St Budeaux about being an evacuee in the war. He continued to do so until a couple of years before the coronavirus pandemic.
Before lockdown, he also voluntarily helped out at Docwra Bros garage from making staff tea and washing the floor to helping with repairs. Ellie said: "He was down there nearly every day. He didn't work
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