A former teacher and volunteer who devoted 50 years of her life to helping others was given a maritime send-off.
Diana Skilbeck was born in Heswall in November 1942, and attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls, before training as a teacher in London. She then returned to the Wirral to teach geography and history, later becoming deputy head at West Kirby Grammar School.
Diana, known as Di, had been volunteering at the the National Waterways Museum since the 1970s, and was one of the volunteers who helped transform Ellesmere Port into an integral part of the waterways system.
