Tributes have been made to a well-respected former local Councillor and Mayor of Bridlington, who sadly passed away this week.
Mr Terry Dixon was a Bridlington Town Councillor from 2010-2019 and was elected for a term as Mayor of Bridlington in May 2013.
Terry was born in Bridlington on 14th October 1948 and was the youngest of five. He attended Burlington Infants & Junior School and then went to St George Boys School leaving at the age of sixteen.
He undertook an apprenticeship in photogravure engraver/revisionist at Rigg Holdings and achieved City and Guilds in print and a college diploma.
He became self-employed with a haulage business and was a taxi proprietor.
In 1971 he married Sheena and they had two sons – Steve and Craig and four grandchildren.
He worked as a postman in Bridlington for 18 years and finished work in 2004 to care for his wife.
Terry was elected as an Assistant Lord Feoffee in 2021.
A spokesperson for Bridlington Town Council, said: “Terry was a highly respected Councillor who was passionate about his role in the community, and he always made sure that he made a difference helping in every way he could.
“He was well-liked with a lovely personality and his passing is a great loss to us all.”
Terry’s funeral will take place on Thursday 29 December at Our Lady & St Peter’s Catholic Church on Victoria Road in Bridlington at 10.am.
Family flowers only and donations to St Catherine’s Hospice.
For further details: Ernest Brigham and F. Kneeshaw & Sons, 51 St. John Street, Bridlington. YO16 7NN. Tel: 01262 675124.
