[bomp] R.I.P. Beatle Brother

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Peter Harrison
1941 - 2007

Peter Harrison, older brother of the late Beatle, George Harrison, and a
long-time Henley resident, has died at the age of 66. He had been ill with
cancer.

Peter was the second youngest of three sons born to Liverpool bus driver
Harold Harrison and his wife Louise. Besides George, who died in 2001, Peter
had
another brother, Harry, and a sister, Louise.
The Harrisonsb childhood home was in Wavertree, Liverpool, until 1950 when
the family moved to Speke.

Peter, a keen and successful sports enthusiast in his teenage years, ran for
Liverpool schools and loved swimming. He attended Rose Lane Secondary Modern
School and took up an apprenticeship as a panel beater when he left school.

He worked for several companies in the city. When he was 19 he met Pauline,
who was 16, at the famous Casbah Coffee House in Liverpool, acknowledged as
the
venue where the Beatlesb story began.

In 1965, Peter and Pauline were married in Maghull in Sefton, a dormitory
town of Liverpool. They eventually bought their first house in Penketh,
Warrington.

They moved to Greys Road, Henley, in 1974, when Peter joined his brother
Harry to help look after and maintain Friar Park, Georgebs mansion on the
outskirts of the town.

Peter was a keen golfer and a member of Henley Golf Club for more than 30
years. He was well-known in the town as a sociable and affable man with a
great
sense of humour.

He retired two years ago and he and Pauline travelled widely to New Zealand
and Australia. Last year, in June, he was diagnosed with cancer and fought it
with his usual tenacity and determination. He died in the Capio Reading
Hospital on June 1st.

Peter leaves Pauline, three children b Ian, 39, Linda, 37, and Mark, 35 b
and four grandchildren b Sophie, 9, Felix, 6, Adam, 6, and
two-and-a-half-year
old, Peter-John (P-J).









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