BARRY HERBERTAuthor and former chairman of Humberston Parish Council, Barry Herbert died on 30 December, 2009, aged 75.He ran his own publishing company, Ashridge Press, from his home. A knowledgeable enthusiast on the subject of cars and steam engines, he wrote two books on railway ghosts and hauntings and, jointly with his old friend Alf Ludlam, a history of the Louth to Bardney branch line.His first book of short stories on railway crime, All Stations For Murder, was published in August 1994 and sold 7,000 copies.The only son of a well-known Grimsby shoe shop proprietor, Mr Herbert was a lifelong diabetic and cared for his mother into her old age.Educated at St Martin's, Grimsby; St Hugh's, Woodhall Spa and Ashville College, Harrogate, he spent some years in the motor trade and once ran a sweet shop in Chantry Lane.A once familiar sight in Humberston Avenue on his horse, Falcon, and accompanied by his dogs, he was chairman of the village parish council. His years in office were crowned by a visit to Buckingham Palace.In the weeks leading up to his death he was a resident of the Ashlea Court residential home in Church Lane, Waltham.Mr Herbert left a sister, Geraldine (Gerry), a niece and nephew.
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