TRIBUTES are being paid to an 'active and generous' teacher and lifelong Isleworth resident, who has died aged 82.
Pauline Betts died at the end of February.
Her brother Tony Betts said: "She grew up in the family home in Harewood Road, Isleworth, and went to Marlborough Primary School, Isleworth Town School and then the Green School.
"She was at the Green School during World War II and then trained to be a teacher at Whitelands Teacher Training College (now The University of Roehampton).
"She then taught seven to eight year olds at Norwood Green School, before teaching at the Blue School in Isleworth, and then taking on the role of deputy head of St Paul's School in Brentford."
Ms Betts never married and in 1989 retired and looked after her mother for ten years. She lived on her own and never had any children. She had an interest in history and travelled all over London to visit galleries and museums.
A keen gardener, she grew all her own vegetables, and was a great supporter of churches and charities and sat on many committees including the Hounslow History Society.
Mr Betts added: "She was hugely active and always went walking or cycling or took the bus to travel up to London, so many people knew her and a lot of people would see her all over the place.
"She was very generous with her time and money and she touched many lives. She visited many places and contributed what she could to them all."
