Heather ‘stayed loyal to roots’
A FORMER BBC radio journalist from Hipperholme has died from Covid-19 aged 76.
Heather Miller Stanton was born in Hipperholme and her family moved to Cleckheaton when she was 11.
Although she always stayed loyal to her roots, home for close to 40 years had been Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
And her long working life with Radio Newcastle meant she became a well-known and much-loved larger-than-life personality in the city.
Heather died on January 26 shortly after being admitted to hospital.
Heather’s parents were Ol-Mount ive and Bob Miller. Bob had been a professional footballer who played for Halifax Town. He took over the Brown Cow in Cleckheaton, now called The Priory at Whitechapel, and turned it into one of the most popular pubs in the area.
Heather went to Whitcliffe
Grammar School. When she left school she began a career in journalism which took her to many publications including the Guardian, Huddersfield Examiner, Yorkshire Evening News and the BBC.
Heather met her husband-to-be, fellow journalist Graeme Stanton, in Blackburn.
Heather’s late husband Graeme features in the true-life BBC TV drama, The Serpent, which is currently gripping the country. He’s editor of The Bangkok Post and is played by actor Stuart Bowman.
Heather is survived by her two sons, Will, of Chester-leStreet, a driving instructor, and Jim, co-founder of the famed Horse Meat Disco in London.
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