Alan Wardle (F 50-53)
        John Horton (F 49-54) has submitted the following:
        “Alan Wardle died in June 2017 after a long illness. On  leaving school, he joined the family mining business after a short spell  of dairy farming. On the death of his father he enlarged the mining company and  he also had a haulage company based in Haltwhistle. He and his family travelled  a lot, having bought and converted the Tyne Pilot boat. His wife Alice survives  him along with his son and two daughters.”