Goodbye Lipstick Sue - the much-loved teaching assistant who touched hundreds of lives in Abbey Hey, Gorton and Openshaw
direct to your inboxTributes have been paid to a hugely popular teaching assistant after she lost her battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) aged just 66.Sue Whitehead was the beating heart of Abbey Hey primary school in Gorton for more than 30 years.She joined from the former Varna Street school in Openshaw as a TA and later took on more responsibility as a safeguarding lead, winning national and local awards for her dedication.But in reality, Sue's role at the school, and indeed the wider community, could not be defined by a job title.A glamorous woman who visited her favourite salon, Dean's, every week, and often went by the nickname 'Lipstick Sue', she was the member of staff that any child or parent could talk to, with a warm