{"id":972,"date":"2017-01-04T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=972"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:03:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:03:57","slug":"rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Mary Elston – Downing and Donovan employee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Isle of Wight County Press.\u00a0Friday, February 4, 2011<\/p>\n

TWO Ryde-born sisters \u2014 daughters of well-known former High Street grocers \u2014 died within days of each other.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s disease sufferer Leonora Josephine Tweedale died at The Elms Nursing Home, Bembridge, aged 87, on Friday, January 21.<\/p>\n

Her sister, Rita Mary Elston, died at her home, in Windsor Mews, Ryde, aged 91, last Monday, January 24.<\/p>\n

Their parents, Leonard and Ivy, ran the grocery shop, Harveys, in High Street, Ryde, for more than 50 years. Both women were assistants at the shop before they went their separate ways. They both married men called Bob at St Mary\u2019s RC Church, Ryde \u2014 Mrs Elston in 1939 and Mrs Tweedale in 1947.<\/p>\n

\"Rita<\/a>

Sisters Mrs Leonora Tweedale, left, and Mrs Rita Elston, who died within days of each other.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mrs Elston, whose husband died in 1961, lived in Ryde most of her life. She worked for a time in the office at the former Downing and Donovan garage<\/strong>, Ryde.<\/p>\n

Both women are survived by their sister, Jean Thorne.<\/p>\n

Mrs Thorne said: “To lose one sister is bad enough but to lose two in such a short space of time is a terrible shock.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Tweedale leaves her two sons and three grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Mrs Elston leaves her two daughters, six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isle of Wight County Press.\u00a0Friday, February 4, 2011 TWO Ryde-born sisters \u2014 daughters of well-known former High Street grocers \u2014 died within days of each other. Parkinson\u2019s disease sufferer Leonora Josephine Tweedale died at The Elms Nursing Home, Bembridge, aged 87, on Friday, January 21. Her sister, Rita Mary Elston, died at her home, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85,7,5],"tags":[65],"yoast_head":"\nRita Mary Elston - Downing and Donovan employee - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rita Mary Elston - Downing and Donovan employee - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Isle of Wight County Press.\u00a0Friday, February 4, 2011 TWO Ryde-born sisters \u2014 daughters of well-known former High Street grocers \u2014 died within days of each other. Parkinson\u2019s disease sufferer Leonora Josephine Tweedale died at The Elms Nursing Home, Bembridge, aged 87, on Friday, January 21. Her sister, Rita Mary Elston, died at her home, in […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StandardTriumphWorks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-04T12:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-04T12:03:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/newsimgobitsistersjpg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"219\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Triumph Herald\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Triumph Herald\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/\",\"name\":\"Rita Mary Elston - Downing and Donovan employee - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-04T12:00:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-04T12:03:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/6827a088ffc3a54030d45151fda437be\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rita Mary Elston – Downing and Donovan employee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible\",\"description\":\"The History, Originality and Owning a Mk1 Triumph Herald Convertible\",\"alternateName\":\"Triumph Herald\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/6827a088ffc3a54030d45151fda437be\",\"name\":\"Triumph Herald\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea4ec7e8432f5435cd9733c90fc0075e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea4ec7e8432f5435cd9733c90fc0075e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Triumph Herald\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/triumphherald\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/author\/adminth1\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rita Mary Elston - Downing and Donovan employee - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rita Mary Elston - Downing and Donovan employee - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible","og_description":"Isle of Wight County Press.\u00a0Friday, February 4, 2011 TWO Ryde-born sisters \u2014 daughters of well-known former High Street grocers \u2014 died within days of each other. Parkinson\u2019s disease sufferer Leonora Josephine Tweedale died at The Elms Nursing Home, Bembridge, aged 87, on Friday, January 21. Her sister, Rita Mary Elston, died at her home, in […]","og_url":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/","og_site_name":"The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StandardTriumphWorks","article_published_time":"2017-01-04T12:00:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-04T12:03:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":296,"height":219,"url":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/newsimgobitsistersjpg.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Triumph Herald","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Triumph Herald","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/","url":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/","name":"Rita Mary Elston - Downing and Donovan employee - The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-01-04T12:00:37+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-04T12:03:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/6827a088ffc3a54030d45151fda437be"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/rita-mary-elston-downing-and-donovan-employee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rita Mary Elston – Downing and Donovan employee"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/","name":"The 948cc Triumph Herald Convertible","description":"The History, Originality and Owning a Mk1 Triumph Herald Convertible","alternateName":"Triumph Herald","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/6827a088ffc3a54030d45151fda437be","name":"Triumph Herald","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea4ec7e8432f5435cd9733c90fc0075e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea4ec7e8432f5435cd9733c90fc0075e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Triumph Herald"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/triumphherald"],"url":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/author\/adminth1\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.triumphheraldconvertible.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}