this is very sad- Pete was a lovely bloke & a marching pal from Durham Miners'Gala for years. I met him first when we were residents at Rod & Danny Stradling's club at the Fighting Cocks in Kingston on Thames, in the late sixties.
I flogged him my Wheatstone concertina when I left to head north again in 1970- £45 I think!
I was surprised to find him years later as a stalwart of the North East folk scene & member of the High Level Ranters.
A knowledgeable and musically tolerant man who will be a great loss- commiserations to his nearest & dearest.    RIP old friend