Maureen was born on Tuesday 20th July 1943 in her Grandmother's front room in Felling, Tyneside. She was the oldest of three children.

As a young woman, Maureen's environmental campaigning brought her regularly onto TV screens, the Radio airwaves and into newsprint. She was a woman ahead of her time. Things we now take as a given, like recycling, re-using bags for shopping, that pollution is a major problem to be addressed- these were all things Maureen became famous for in the North East as she took on retailers, Town Planners and international industry giants.

In 1980, her job as a Community Worker brought Maureen and her young family to Nottingham and in the early 90's she followed her passion for writing and started her own successful business as a Creative Writing Tutor. She was also a published author of many short stories and poems.

In November 2013 Maureen was diagnosed with Dementia and, for a while, this restricted her life and her spark was becoming a little less bright each year.

Until a letter arrived one day with news of a choir being created for a BBC documentary and a whole new chapter opened up full of new friendships and fun!

The choir gave so much to Maureen in the last few years of her life- singing with her choir family brought the light back into her eyes and her smile shone again!