Tributes are being paid to a true icon of Manx life following the passing of Stella Pixton.
The founder of Jurby Junk, a poet, artist, author and actor, Stella died at the age of 90.
Daughter of aviator Howard Pixton, Stella and her shop attracted attention from around the world, with Jurby Junk becoming something of a pilgrimage site for visitors, especially during the TT.
Announcing her passing through Corkhill & Callow Funeral Directors, her son said: “Stella would delight in the fact that when young children visited her, they would return years later with their own families.
“If a customer found an item for a pound and discovered they had a rare, priceless item (and this did happen), Stella would be genuinely delighted for them.
“Stella would supply props to many of the films made on the island, free of charge, on the condition that she could appear in a small cameo somewhere in them. I was a struggling actor, and my mother was getting more work than me. Where did I go wrong?”
“Stella will be remembered by her friends and family with the fondest love and affection for her sense of fun, hard work, dedication and stoic approach to whatever task lay before her.
“An inspiration, an icon, a hero. That was Stella… my mum.”