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MY MAMS FRIEND ANN WILKINSON MET MY MAM WHEN SHE HAD FRANK AND MY MAM HAD ME (DEBBIE) WHEN WE WERE BOTH 6MTH OLD.ANN USED TO LOOK AFTER ME WHILE MY MAM WAS WORKING AND MAM LOOKED AFTER FRANK WHEN ANN WAS WORKING WE ARE BOTH IN OUR 50S NOW I STILL GO TO VISIT ANN EVERY WEEK TO SEE HER THEY WERE VERY GOOD FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS.
MY MAM MET MY DAD IN 1957 WHEN SHE WAS 17YRS OLD AND MY DAD WAS 20YRS OLD THEY USED TO HANG ROUND TOGETHER BEFORE DAD ASKED MAM OUT.THEY WERE TOGETHER FOR 4YRS BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED.THEIR MARRAGE TOOK PLACE AT ST ANTHONYS OF PADUA IN WALKER ON 11TH MARCH 1961 THEY MOVED TO AVONDALE RD BYKER AFTER THEY MARRIED.HER FIRST JOB WAS A SECRETARY AT WILKS FURNITURE SHOP ON SHIELDS RD BYKER.THEN WENT TO AQUAPLAST OFF BYKER BRIDGE MAKING RAINCOATS. THEN HAD A JOB AT INITIAL TOWEL COMPANY IN HEATON BERORE WORKING AT WILLS TOBACCO FACTORY ON THE COAST RD A WHILE. BEFORE HAVING A FAMILY (DEBBIE 1963) (JANICE 1966) (CHRISTOPHER 1967) l AT HOME TO LOOK AFTER HER CHILDREN. WE MOVED FROM BYKER IN APR 1972 WHEN WE WERE OLD ENOUGH SHE WENT BACK TO WORK SHE WORKED FOR THE COUNCIL ON SCHOOL MEALS AT ST JOSEPHS SECONDARY SCHOOL KILLINGWORTH THEN SHE WORKED AT AMBERLEY PRIMARY ON SCHOOL MEALS. A CLEANER AT JAMES BOWMAN HOUSE COUNCIL HOME BEFORE SHE RETIRED. MAM & DAD WENT TO DIFFERENT PLACES WITH NATIONAL HOLIDAYS THEY WENT TO ISLE OF WIGHT, SCOTLAND, LAKES, WALES, RIPPON, COTSWORLDS. FOR MAM AND DADS 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY HER BROTHER PETER AND HIS WIFE SYLVIA HAD TAKEN MAM AND DAD TO AMSTERDAM AND THEN MAM HAD TAKEN ILL 4YEAR LATER ON NOV 8TH 2013 SHE PASSED AWAY ON APR 27TH 2015 WITH HER FAMILY BESIDE HER. YOU WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER. R I P