Tributes to Linda Hastings, former teacher of home economics at Queen Mary School and Rossall
“She was always full of vitality and verve - her enthusiasm made every lesson a delight to her pupils”
Tribute has been aid to a much-loved former teacher of home economics who has died has died at the age of 84.
Linda Hastings, who worked at the former Queen Mary School in St Annes - now AKS - and Rossall School at Fleetwood - was born in St Annes, the eldest of five siblings, and attended St Thomas Primary School and QMS before teacher training at the Manchester College of Housecraft.
She joined the staff of QMS after three years running the restaurant at the Land Registry and spent 13 years there teaching cookery and needlework, being renowned for the sweet nature she displayed to her pupils and colleagues.
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After leaving QMS, she pioneered the development of a Home Economics Department at Rossall and during her 18 years there, she introduced GCSE and A level courses, before her retirement in 1998.
Linda was an active member of St. Chad’s Church in Poulton and a keen and supporter of social gatherings for former teachers both of King Edward and Queen Mary School and Rossall.
Julian Wilde, former principal of KEQMS, said Linda was above all a people person. “She was always full of vitality and verve,” he said. “Her enthusiasm made every lesson a delight to her pupils.
“Her family – husband Michael and daughter Zoe, now herself teaching at AKS – and wide circle of friends were important to Linda. Everyone will always remember her for superbly sunny disposition.”
St Margaret’s church in St Annes was full for Linda’s funeral, which was followed by a gathering at the Clifton Arms hotel in Lytham to celebrate a life joyfully lived.