Community mourns 'Mr Manchester'
A JOURNALIST legend from Alderley Edge known as "Mr Manchester" has died.
Macclesfield Express
Quirky MEN columnist and author Duncan Measor, who lived at Horseshoe Lane and was 85 when he died at his holiday home in Anglesey last week, will be remembered for his quick sense of humour and charming way with words.
Daughter Jane Hall, 46, also from Alderley, who has two sisters Susan, 48, and Kate, 41, said: "Dad made everyone laugh, he was always telling jokes and a great story teller.
"He had such a fantastic way with words and always looked on the bright side."
The grandfather of five, who leaves wife Marjorie, wrote for the MEN from 1948 until he retired and became known as the dapper and slightly eccentric, bow-tie and bowler hat-wearing "Mr Manchester" for his daily Diary column.
He was also the motor racing correspondent, known as "brum brum" to colleagues.
Jane added: "He had the Eric Morecombe black glasses and bow tie and big bushy eyebrows
"He was always a good dresser, he took pride in that.
"People remember him as Mr Manchester, he even had a bar named after him, he loved his time at the MEN."
Duncan, originally from Sunderland, spent a lot of his life at sea, sailing as a young boy and serving for four years in the Royal Navy on a World War Two destroyer.
He wrote books in retirement, including fiction novel "Unholy Terror", "The Book of Twin Cities (Manchester and Salford)" and "75 years under sail for Treardurr Bay Sailing Club."
Friend and colleague in the Manchester Naval Officers' Association Surgeon Commander John Curt agrees that Duncan had the gift of the gab.
John said: "He was so good with words, he always managed to get high ranking officers to come to speak to us at our events.
"He had a charm about him and was a wordsmith, no matter who he contacted just seemed to hit the right note.
"I learned a lot from him."
Duncan was a charity man, involved in a fundraising campaign in the early 70s for Mount Carmel Convent School and a member of the committee for the Pat Seed Cancer Fund, which has raised over £10 million for the Christie Hospital.
He was passionate about his work with Broughton House, a home for disabled ex servicemen and women.
His wife Marjorie said: "We were a devoted couple and he was a wonderful family man.I am glad we had so many happy years together."
Duncan's funeral is at St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge, next Monday, August 17, at 11am.