Keith Jackson was born in Haydock on 8th October 1954, and passed away on 14th August 2026, aged 71.
He graduated from Oxford before joining the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, where he spent more than thirty years as a senior government scientist, helping maintain the measurement standards on which countless other things depend.
He never really switched that off. At home there was always something in pieces, whether electronics or computers, and he was always keen to try out whatever B&Q had sold him that week. No job in the house was ever simply a repair. It was an experiment.
And there were the horses. He was a lifelong follower of the racing, which is no great surprise in someone born in Haydock with the course on his doorstep.
He was a man of routine, and navy blue.
He leaves his sister Susan and his brother-in-law Peter, and his nephews and niece Matthew, Jonathan and Rebecca, to whom he was always Uncle Keith.
His funeral will be held on Tuesday 15th September 2026 at St James the Great, Haydock, the parish he was born in. Rebecca and Jonathan will give the tributes.
