We miss you Carol.
Today first of November.

Happy Christmas to all of you!!!

Sean Read adds piano to his beautiful trumpet piece bidding Carol farewell and a safe journey from Hackney.

A crab apple tree planted to remember Carol by The Tree Musketeers.

When I think of Carol…. I think of one of the few people I have known all my life…

These photos are from Carol brother’s wedding in Donegal (2007)

Cook Books, Carol’s ‘to-do’ list…

You draw a white flower turning towards the light…

We found these lovely drawings in Carol’s sketchbook.

I have been going through some of the old family photos which all seem to be here in Bulgaria!

When I think about Carol... Carol always quietly wove threads, collectively creating a warm fabric of friendships, some closely...

When I think about Carol… Such a simple starting point …

This has flowered early for Carol we like to think…

As Carol might say, ‘Lovely, lovely, lovely!’ And she was lovely.

A kind letter from Sir Sam and Lady Linda Everington  Dear Sebastian, Edie and Henry,   We were so sad to hear about Carol, she leaves...

The last time I saw Carol she showed me her weavings and I was blown away by their beauty.

We were spotted by Steve’s wife’s sister…

For Carol, 17th November 2020, Islington Crematorium With many thanks to everyone who came and apologies to everyone who could not due...

From Lucy Acfield I was very lucky to go on holiday on a number of occasions with the Fenton family.These photos of The Iceland Holiday in the...

Thoughts On Carol and her Ceremony. I felt like a spider high up on the wall.

From Janey Hill This is a photo of Carol, Kim and Ben at my cottage in Yorkshire in the 1980's. Jill, Carol's mother, had just given me...

When I think of Carol I think of her amazing sense of humour  and fun which she kept even when things were difficult.

From Jude Robertson I am Sebastian's cousin, so Carol was family, lucky me! As I live in Canada our times together were precious gifts,...

Carol leaving Hackney. Sean playing a carol he wrote for her, called Sebastian’s Carol. 

I remember a special trip to Windsor Safari Park when Josh and Alex were very small, before Max was born.

A ceremony for Carol will be held at Islington Crematorium at 2pm on Tuesday 17th November.

Click on the image to view the Playlist for Carol

I made these still life sketches, to capture a moment, mainly at the kitchen table, in Glenarm Road…

From Chris Fenton The front door of our house in Dalton. It’s not the whole family as Kim is absent, but I love it nonetheless as there is something...

During our child rearing years, we women found ourselves lucky enough to find each other. Our kids were a gang and so were we.

When I think about Carol I see: her luminous smile, her beautifully expressive hands…

Lauzerte Day was an annual highlight – my family and I would do the two hour drive from our place in Tarn and spend the perfect afternoon…

I admired her outlook on life. She was so empathetic and emotionally intelligent.

When I think about Carol … Cafés!  She always knew the best cafés.

So soft, light and unassuming; in this picture you would have been just around the corner hand outstretched…

When I think of Carol, I remember the first time I saw her Rolodex (Peter tells me Carol had two).

When I think about Carol I see her smiling with her whole warm face.

I was so sad to hear of the death of Carol, I haven’t seen her since I left working at St Joseph’s in 2019 but fondly remember her as a wonderful human being…

Hackney Gazette Local paper from 23 October 2017 great example of Carol's compassionate nature ref St Joseph's volunteer.

Carol was an exceptional woman. She was so kind, gentle and smart.

For us three Foxes, going up to see our cousins the Fentons was like Christmas…

When I think about Carol, I think about her gentleness, her warmth, sitting at my kitchen table

From Paul Lynch I have borrowed the picture that reminds me most of Carol. I remember Carol for her warm smile and considerate manner. I can truly...

We won the World Cup together!

Carol is sitting in my kitchen, sipping tea on a wet morning at the end of summer 2004.

I first met Sebastien & Carol at a party in Brixton…

Two photos from a wonderful week at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, New Year 2013.

I met Carole at St Joseph’s – a courageous woman, keen to make a difference despite all that she was coping with…

Just found this which made me laugh ! It’s From around 1990/91…

I met Carol when she started coming for weaving classes with me in 2015 and then for 5 years

When I think about Carol… I see the sun and a big field of flowers

When I think of Carol, I think of: Eating raspberries on Hackney Marsh at 6 am…

When I think of Carol… I think of her love of butter and the way she said ‘I shouldn’t really’ …

Not sure why we are laughing in this picture but we are. Laughing as we did, again and again. 

When I think about Carol… an imprint of her presence remains vivid from some time ago. 

Carol seemed to have endless patience and a wicked sense of humour – much needed amongst so many rumbustious brothers and their friends.

Ian, Millie, Flo, Hester and I met Carol, Sebastian, Edie and Henry through Albertine, when we bought a place in south west France.

When I think of Carol….. I think of whispering catch-ups while watching Henry and Joe’s Christmas concerts and assemblies.  

If someone asked me to describe Carol, I would have to tell them about – her hands, always moving to animate her words…

From Madeleine Aldridge Meeting up on the 15th of August every year in Lespinette has always been one of those significant days of the Summer....

Carol and all things garden Carol's love of gardens, gardening and growing - fruit, veg, flowers, plants and trees - was expressed in so many...

Sleepy Carol By Sebastian Sharples

Meal times with friends

Around the world with Carol