Larch Garrad, 1936–2005

Abstract

Friends and former colleagues at Manx National Heritage (MNH) were deeply saddened by the news that Dr Larch Garrad passed away on 6 July 2005, after a very short illness. Larch Garrad was a well-known and much-loved figure in the Isle of Man, primarily due to her massive contribution made over a period of thirty years to the work of the Manx Museum and to her important work as an author of several books about aspects of the Island's social, industrial and natural history.Educated at the Weston-Super-Mare Grammar School for Girls in Somerset, Larch went on to study for a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology at Birmingham University. She later gained her Doctorate with a thesis on Mycenaean burial customs, following a number of excursions to take part in archaeological excavations with the British School of Archaeology in Athens. She also found time to pass the Library Association examinations.