Ambleside Herald & Lakes News Issue 169 15 Jun 1883 Page 4 Death of JOSEPH TURNER 169.4 Death of an Old Inhabitant of Elterwater On Sunday week at Elterwater, JOSEPH TURNER expired at about 4 pm. The deceased was a native of Seathwaite, Cumberland, and was 87 years of age. His mother had three sisters, and they along with her had each ten children, the deceased being the last of them all. He could remember seeing the reverend and celebrated wonderful WALKER, of Seathwaite just once, and described him as a plain looking old man, and at that time engaged in spinning linen and teaching the parish children in front of the Communion rails. JOSEPH TURNER was a man of very abstemious habits – he had only three meals per day, and these consisted generally of oat meal porridge and a little coffee for breakfast, a few potatoes and a little meat for dinner, and tea with plain bread and butter about four o'clock; after which he would retire to rest about five in winter and six in summer, and he would rise about six o'clock in summer and seven in winter. He was very tall and straight even up to the last, and had a most healthy and honest countenance. He said the first time he felt any failing in his physical strength was on one hunting expedition, when he had to climb a wall – he was slower in the work than he had thought he should have been, though he was then 65 years old. He retired from work when 60 years of age and spent his leisure time in taking various walks and conversing with his neighbours, friends and tourists whom he might casually meet. The deceased was very highly respected by all who knew him. He was interred at Holy Trinity, Langdale on Thursday the 7th inst. David Leverton Leverton, Stevens, Clibborn, Dodgson, Hird, Stalker ulpha@telus.net