Flags flying at half-mast
by Hammersmith and Fulham Press Office
18/04/2008
The flags at all council buildings will be flying at half-mast this weekend in tribute to Gwyneth Dunwoody MP who died yesterday at the age of 77.
Mrs Dunwoody was born in Fulham in 1930, long before the area became fashionable. Her family had always been political - both of her grandmothers were suffragettes and her mother served as a minister in the House of Lords before being made the Lord Lieutenant of London.
Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader of the council said: “We have lowered the flag today as a mark of respect for this Fulham girl who became a household name across Britain.”
Mrs Dunwoody attended Fulham County Secondary School, now Fulham Cross, before going into politics.
She was the mother of a daughter and two sons, and has ten grandchildren.
