Lord Prescott: Funeral service to be held at Hull Minster
POLITICAL TITAN: Lord Prescott
By Simon Bristow, Co-Editor
The funeral of Lord Prescott will take at Hull Minster on Thursday.
A number of road closures have been announced around the invitation-only service, which will begin at noon and will honour his life and legacy.
Lord Prescott, the UK’s longest-serving deputy prime minister and Hull East MP for his beloved Labour Party for 40 years, died in November aged 86.
Lord Prescott’s widow Pauline and his sons David and Johnathan have invited over 300 family, friends and colleagues to pay their respects to a man who played a pivotal role in shaping modern British politics.
The service will be hosted by Rev Cannon Dominic Black and the Choral Hull children’s choir, made up from pupils across the city, will be singing during the ceremony.
The Prescott family said in a statement: “We wish to thank everyone for their love and support on the passing of our husband, father and grandfather.
“To hear so many wonderful tributes from people who knew John has been a great source of comfort to us as we dealt with our grief. We hope the service will be an opportunity to celebrate his life and his love of Hull and its people.”
In lieu of flowers, the Prescott family has requested that donations be made to Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Hull City Council has announced a number of road closures ahead of the funeral.
Lowgate will be closed on Wednesday from 8pm to 12am for the installation of traffic management measures. It will close again at 8.30am on Thursday until 4pm and then again from 8pm until 12am.
The following roads will be closed between 8.30am and 4pm on Thursday:
Lowgate
Market Place
North Church Side
South Church Side
Vicar Lane
Dagger Lane
King Street
Posterngate
Fish Street
Prince Street
Trinity House Lane
Silver Street
Scale Lane
Liberty Lane
Parking restrictions will also be in place along South Church Side, North Church Side and Lowgate from 6am on Wednesday until 4pm on Thursday. Any vehicles left in the area will be removed.
Parking will be available at Lowgate car park opposite The Guildhall, High Street car park and the multi-storey car park on Hull Marina.