Patricia Bateman, Wife of George, mother of Jaclyn and Stuart, died
peacefully on 7th March, 2005. Funeral service on Friday, 18th March
at 2pm at Wainfleet All Saints' Church. Parking at the Brewery
Visitors' Centre. Flowers through Ormes, telephone 01754 880530 and
donations to Red Nose Day, c/o Parker's Funeral Directors, 16 St John
Street, Wainfleet, PE24 4DJ. Telephone 01754 880334.

Hmmm, sad indeed, by coincidence last week I watched Michael Jackson's
Beerhunter series(*) for the first time; in the UK episode MJ looked at
the (then) recent struggles that Mr George, Patricia & family had
securing the brewery's future & independence.

MikeMcG
(*) Released by the US Discovery Channel, bought 2nd-hand via
Amazon.com, it somehow works on my ordinary UK VCR.