Respected carpet shop owner dies, aged 85
Respected businessman Terry Muggeson, formerly of T & A Carpet World, has passed away at the age of 85.
Mr Muggeson was born in Leicestershire, one of 10 children. The family moved first to Stanton Woodhouse, Derbyshire, and then Skegness where Mr Muggeson became an apprentice carpet fitter at Keightleys department store.
He spent part of his National Service in Cyprus before briefly returning to Keightleys, but moved to Scarborough after meeting wife-to-be Margaret Anne Jones.
The couple married in Scarborough on June 6 1960.
They went on to have three children, Dianne, Andrew and Sarah, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His son, Andrew Muggeson, said: “Dad was a very well-known and respected businessman in the area, mainly due to having a retail carpet shop for over 30 years in St John’s Road [now T & A Flooring, it was a derelict dairy which the father-andson team transformed].
“He was very skilled and had a mountain of knowledge in the old-school methods of carpet fitting which I’m grateful was passed down to me.
“He used to sit for hours and sometimes even days hand-sewingcarpetstogether.
“The skin on his fingers were like rocks from pushing endless needless back and forth through the carpets.”
Mr Muggeson’s funeral will take place tomorrow (Nov 4) at StMark'sChurchat1pm(black dress optional) to be followed by cremation at Woodlands Crematorium (for family and close friends only) at 2pm.
A wake will follow at East Ayton Lodge (all welcome).
Family flowers only. All enquiries to F. A. Stockill and Son, Snainton (01723 859279).