Judith Margaret Lamle
Judith Margaret Lamle (1947 – 2024) was born on 14th January 1947 to Gwen and Ken Roebuck, the eldest sister to Peter and Sue. Growing up in Kitchenroyd, Judith went to Scissett Church of England and Penistone Grammar schools and then to Huddersfield School of Art followed by Leeds College...
Judith Saner
Judith Saner (1949 – 2015) was born Judith Haynes in Didcot on 17 June, the youngest of three children. She studied English Literature at UCL and then worked at the Greater London Council. Judith enjoyed gardening, supporting Arsenal, and knitting. She married husband Cengiz and they had two daughters, Emine...
June Winters
June Elizabeth Winters (1932 – 2019) was born in Islington on 3rd November 1932 to Elizabeth Wood and Edward Archer. She had two brothers, John and Ted. In later life she wrote a memoir of her early years with illustrations and poetry. Evacuated three times during the war – June...
Junior Aitken
Junior Aitken was born on 18th October 1942, to Isa and Tucker, in Newmains, Lanarkshire, where he lived for 29 years. He had five older brothers and a younger sister. He went to Newmains School until the age of 15, when he left to work in a garage. Junior spent...
Katherine Daly
Katherine Daly (1928-2018) was born and brought up in Irlam, her parents’ only daughter. She left school at 14 and worked as a secretary and as a PA for a hairdressing salon business. She later worked for the Girl Guides Equipment Depot in Broadheath. She met and courted Stan on...
Kathleen (Kathy) McGowan
Kathleen (Kathy) McGowan (1942 – 2022) was born on 6th April 1942 to Daniel and Elizabeth O’Neill in Kilkenny, Southern Ireland. Leaving school at fourteen, Kathy joined her sister Maura in Huddersfield to look for work. Her first job was at the Co-op laundry and then she secured a job...
Kathleen (Katie) Hogan
Kathleen Hogan (1944 – 2023), known as Katie, was born in Bristol, the third child of Bill and Ivy Bond, a sister to John, Hazel and Ryan. After the family moved to Dublin in 1948, Katie attended the Diocesan Girls School. Katie worked as an Accounts Clerk for Norwich Union...
Keith Antony Harris
Keith Antony Harris (1953 – 2020) was born on 19th October 1953. He grew up just outside Lancaster with his parents Larry and Barbara, workers at the local mill. After primary school in Halton he attended Lancaster Grammar School taking ‘A’ levels a year early. He did a year at...
Keith Smith
(Douglas) Keith Smith was born on 21st April 1949 in Thorne, near Doncaster, the only child of Cynthia and Ted Smith. Having won a scholarship to art college, Keith specialised in Exhibition Design. His first job was as a window display designer working at Owen, Owen the departments store in...
Kenneth Drew
Kenneth ‘Philip’ Drew (1925 – 2018) was born in London in January, the eldest of two children. He was called up to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1943 and served for three years. After he was demobilised, he studied English at Oxford University and graduated with a first class...
Kenneth Herdman
Kenneth Herdman (1934-2018) was born in Hartlepool to Ted and Elizabeth. He was one of four children, the others being Ronnie, Vi and Kathy. Ken did National Service in the army, stationed in Newport, Wales, where he met his first wife. They settled in Machen, in the house he was...
Kirsty Fraser Meddings
Kirsty was born on 17th March 1973 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, to Valerie and Peter Meddings. She had a younger brother Colin. The family moved to Watlington, Oxfordshire in 1997 where Kirsty spent a carefree childhood. Pete’s work allowed the family to move to California from 1985/88 where Kirsty forged some...
Lancelot ‘Larry’ Melbourne
Lancelot ‘Larry’ Augustus Melbourne (1944 – 2019) was born in Barry, South Wales, to Lance and Florrie. He had eleven siblings, Desi, Teddy, Marie, Chris, Val, Peter, Edna, Paul, Florinda, Denise and Michael. Larry was a quiet person who enjoyed music and reading. He was also practical, making such things...
Laurence Oldham
Laurence Oldham was born on 25th February 1923, in Burgh near Aylsham to parents Lavinia and John Oldham. He had two brothers, Frederick and Roy, and a sister, Doreen. He grew up in Cheshire where he attended Godley St John’s School in Hyde. He left school at fourteen and joined...
Lawrence Deane
Lawrence Stanley Deane (1940-2018) Larry was the middle child of Leonard and Eirwen. He grew up in Llantwit Major with two sisters, Lorraine and Marianne. He went to Cowbridge Grammar School. He joined the Merchant Navy and then, in 1959, the RAF where he met Christine, who he married in...
Leah Everitt
Leah Everitt (1932 – 2020) was born in Cromer on 14th December 1932 to George and Leah Nash. She was an only child. Leah left Cromer School at fourteen, and trained to become a shorthand typist. She married Philip Everitt, known as Rocky, in 1952. The couple had four children,...
Lesley Williams
Lesley Margaret Williams (1945–2019) was born in Cardiff, to Stuart and Dulcie Little, and lived there for the majority of her life. She had one sister, Viv. Lesley went to Birchgrove Primary and then Cathays High, followed by University in Cardiff. She trained as a baker and chef and then...
Leslie William Hayes
Leslie William Hayes was born in Claude Road, Leyton, to William and Florence, a younger brother to Dorothy and Jean. After the start of World War 2, Leslie and his mother were evacuated to Hertford and later, due to his schooling being disrupted, he self-taught himself to read. After nearly...
Lilian Pidgeon
Lilian (Anne) Pidgeon (1925 – 2019) was born in Hackney, to Alfred and Ethel Cottee. She had a younger brother, Ernest. When she was about six, the family moved to Southend on Sea, where she attended Hamstel Road Primary School and later Southend High School for Girls. Anne was evacuated...
Lilian Riley
Lilian Riley (1929 – 2019) Lillian was born in Liverpool on the 24th January 1929, the daughter of a shipyard worker, and the eldest of four children. She and her sisters were evacuated to the Welsh Borders during the War. Later, she met John Robinson, by whom she had a...
Linda Norman
Linda Anne Norman (1944-2018) was a woman who loved life and family. In addition to creating a wonderful home for her daughters Kate and Chloe, Lin did an Open University degree and went on to teach business studies and help shape further education policy. She was an early member of...
Lisa Birks
Lisa Jane Birks (1974 – 2020) was born 20th August 1974 to John and Margaret. Her mother died when Lisa was only five years of age. Thereafter her father looked after her, with the help of her grandparents and Auntie Doll, as she got older. She was brought up in...
Lorraine Rowan Smith
Lorraine Rowan Smith was born on 21st August 1962 to Dorothy and Slavko / John, the elder sister to Denise and Darren. Lorraine secured a place at Mountview Drama School in London, later being a founder of the Big Little theatre Group and a member of the Arena Theatre in...
Lucy Buckley
Lucy Buckley (1925 – 2015) was born Lucy Mannerings in Cranbrook near Goudhurst on 6 February, and spent her childhood in Kent. She worked as a waitress and then during World War II she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Army. Through this, Lucy met husband Tommy who she married in 1948....
