Death and Legacy
Stanley Unwin died in 2002 in Daventry. He is buried in the churchyard at Long Buckby, with Frances, who died before him. Their gravestone has the epitaph, "Reunitey in the heavenly-bode – Deep Joy". A service of thanksgiving was held at St Lawrence's Church in Long Buckby a couple of weeks after his death and ended with a rendering of "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" by John Percival and friends.
The valediction had been prepared by Unwin himself: "Goodly Byelode loyal peeploders! Now all gatherymost to amuse it and have a tilty elbow or a nice cuffle-oteedee - Oh Yes!"
His work is thought to have been a significant influence on the two books written by John Lennon in 1964/5 – John Lennon In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works.
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