concentrated on bringing up her two daughters and played on a freelance basis. She was active in encouraging local brass bands, and was made a freeman of the City of London in 1990. Later life Cole developed Alzheimer's disease towards the end of the 1990s. She died on 28 December 2006 in Westcott, Surrey aged 82. References External links 1924 births 2006 deaths People from Rowlands Gill Musicians from Tyne and Wear English trumpeters English cornetists English bandleaders 20th-century trumpeters