Former Echo picture man dies at 94 (From Daily Echo)
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Former Echo picture man Bob Sollars dies at 94
1:40pm Tuesday 30th October 2012 in News
Former Echo photographer Bob Sollars.
WELL-known Winchester photographer Bob Sollars, who worked regularly for the Daily Echo has died, aged 94.
His funeral was being held today at St Stephen’s church in Sparsholt.
Mr Sollars served in the Royal Marines in the Second World War and returned to his birthplace, Winchester, where he set up his photography business in 1952 with a studio on City Road.
As well as the Daily Echo, he took photos for the Hampshire Chronicle and a host of national newspapers.
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