ECCLES LEGEND TED EDWARDS DIED TODAY

I was saddened to hear of the death today of Ted Edwards, a man once described as, "Eccles answer to  Indiana Jones, he had  trekked across the Sahara Desert, walked Death Valley, the Grand Canyon in America, and canoed the length of the Everglades in Florida and attempted to become an Astronaut, all incredibly true.

Hailing from Wigan, he was an accomplished musician, author and a regular on the North West folk music scene, he achieved fame when his song, Coal Hole Cavalry was covered by The Houghton Weavers and scores more.

I would often see Ted at the Eccles Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, despite him being a wheelchair a legacy from a stroke he suffered several years before, and I can say hand on heart he was a true character, a word often misused but Ted was the rea deal and I shall miss him.

Tomorrow we shall publish a more in depth article about Ted and his exploits and we would love to see your memories of Ted.