Obituary: Alison Porteous

14th May 2023

Member Alison Porteous passed away peacefully on Sunday 14th May at Compton Hall Hospice in Wolverhampton.

Member Alison Porteous passed away peacefully on Sunday 14th May at Compton Hall Hospice in Wolverhampton. She had been ill for some time but in true Alison style she remained cheerful to the end and never lost her wicked sense of humour. Her colleagues remember her as a valuable and kind friend, who enjoyed a couple of games of Solo on a BBC computer before ‘start of play’ or working on crosswords with colleagues.  Her work with BFES/SCEA took her from Hameln (1968-71) to several schools in Cyprus (1971-84) back again to Germany (1984-94) where she taught in Dulmen, Gutersloh and Berlin.