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Lucile Bell

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OBITUARY FOR LUCILE BELL, (1916-2003)

who died on Saturday 6th September 2003


*Lucile Stephens before her marriage*	Lucile, fun-loving at the Fair

I first met Lucile Bell when we held meetings to set up T.H.S. in 1991. Although then I knew little of her celebrity, I was immediately impressed by her enthusiasm and, throughout the next twelve years, she was wonderfully supportive of our efforts.

I was privileged to visit her in both her homes at the Mythe and then in Turners Court; frequently we corresponded as she assisted me with research. Only recently she was trying to help me learn more about the founding of the Civic Society when she was so indignant at the threatened demolition of the Doddo Café.

On the day she was taken ill I wrote to her, enclosing a short portrait of John Moore’s contribution to the preservation of Tewkesbury’s architectural heritage when he and Lucile were proud to earn the epithet “Meds”! Sadly, that letter will never have the benefit of her advice and the Society will miss her unfailing support and the delightful aura that always accompanied her.

John Dixon

Click for a fuller biography by D. J. Cole of the John Moore Society

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