Martin Alfred Blaney (1928-2015)

Dates

Birth: November 1928 Poole, Doeset, UK
Father: Harry George Blaney 1896-1983
Mother: Sylvia Mary Stace 1906-1980

Marriage: July-September 1951 Poole, Dorset, UK
Wife: Gladys Mary Walker 1930-a2015

Death: January 2015 Poole, Dorset, UK Cremated: 2 February 2015 Poole Crematorium, Poole, Dorset, UK

Children

Roger Blaney 1952-a2015
Angela J Blaney 1955-a2015
Howard J Blaney 1959-a2015

Notes

Birth of Martin A Blaney, mother's maiden name Stace, in FreeBMD in October-December 1928 in Poole (5a 332). A twin brother was born at the same time.

His parents were living at 6 Bassett Road, Poole, Dorset from the 1939 Register.

Marriage of Martin A Blaney and Gladys M Walker in FreeBMD in April-June 1951 in Poole (6a 1693).

His son was registered in October-December 1952 in Poole, daughter in January-March 1955 in Wokingham, and son in April-June 1959 in Poole.

Entry in 192.com for Martin A Blaney in the Electoral Roll 2002, 2012 and living in Poole, Dorset, BH14, and another for Martin Alfred Blaney living in Poole, Dorset, BH15.

There are two entries in People Trace UK for Martin A Blaney - Flat 1, 81 Churchfield Road, Poole BH15 2QW from 1989 to 1999 and 63 Richmond Road, Poole BH14 0BU from 2000 to 2015.

Entry in Check Company for Martin Alfred Blaney born in November 1928, address Flat 1, Rose Court, 81 Churchfield Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 2QW appointed director of Rose Court (Poole) Management Co. LIimited on 31 August 1991 and resigned on 15 January 1998.

There are four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Martin Alfred Blaney adding his death in January 2015 in Poole, Dorset.

Obituary from the Bournemouth Daily Echo, 30 January 2015 Posted 10 Jul 2020 by robindunford1 Veteren Dorset journalist Martin Blaney has died, aged 86. During the Second World War while still at Kemp-Welch School, Parkstone, he acted as a messenger for the Home Guard and helped fill sandbags, which excused him from maths lessons. He started work, aged 16, as a junior reporter with the former Bournemouth Times/Poole and Dorset Herald series of newspapers, back when transport was chiefly by tram and bicycle. His career was interrupted, like all young men in those days, by two years’ National Service in the Royal Signals – mainly in Egypt. After a five-year spell on the Wokingham and Bracknell Times in the 1950s he returned to the area for personal reasons and joined the Bournemouth Daily Echo as a sub-editor. The paper changed its name to Evening Echo for a time, and then back to Daily Echo again. His kind, worldly advice was appreciated by many new entrants to journalism and inspired them to move to the national scene. Among those whose early years he guided were best-selling Bill Bryson, ITN’s top presenter Mark Austin and Daily Mail columnist Geoffrey Levy. He never sought the bright lights for himself but was content to record the unfolding story and enormous changes in his home area including the redevelopment of the two town centres, establishment of the university, the building of two major hospitals and the opening of the Bournemouth International Centre and Lighthouse. He retired in 1994 and was awarded a life membership of the National Union of Journalists, of which he had been a staunch member for all his career. He then served several years as chairman of the Bournemouth branch. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary, a daughter, two sons and four grandchildren. His twin brother, Denzil, who was a Linotype operator at the Echo, died five years ago. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February 2, at 10am at Poole Crematorium.

Relationship

Martin Alfred Blaney was the father of Roger Blaney, husband of Valerie R Parker, wife of Clive D N Forge, husband of Julia D Croucher, my half third cousin twice removed via her mother Patricia Ann Ashford.

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