My friend Lucia Devine, who has died of cancer aged 57, was a dedicated educationist, committed to bringing sport, dance and the arts to all the children and young people she encountered during her career in east London.
Daughter of Elizabeth (nee McGirl), a former civil servant, and Larry Devine, a wages clerk for ICI, she was born in Wingate, a small mining village in County Durham, and baptised Mary, after her two grandmothers, at the local Catholic church; her faith remained important to her throughout her life. Her mother quickly decided to use her middle name, Lucia.
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