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 (1934 – 2024) was born on 31 January 1934 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,...
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 (1962 – 2017) 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...
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....
Lynne Fraser
Lynn Repsis Fraser (1948 – 2020) was born in St Paul, Minnesota, on 7th April 1943. She lived all over the US until the family settled in Denver, Colorado in the mid 1950s. She studied Biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder and then, in 1965, drove to New...
Lynne Martin
Lynne Martin (1959-2018) was born to Ray and Maureen Viney. She had a older brother, Wain. Lynne grew up in and around Cambridge and went to Parkside Grammar School. She moved to London where she met Les, while they were both working as a freelance computer operators. They rented a...
Madeleine Spears
Madeleine Spears (1945-2019) Madeleine was born on 3rd November 1945, in Bassaleg, near Newport, the middle one of three daughters born to Brenda Dean and Frank King. Madeleine was smart and became head girl at her local grammar school. She studied zoology, marine biology and chemistry at West Ham College...
Majid Matar
Majid Matar (1955-2018) was born in December 1955. He was married to Leoncie in 1990. He had a son and a daughter. He died in July 2018 aged 63.
Margaret Audrey Drew (Lizzie)
Lizzie was born Margaret Audrey Bingham in Sheffield on 23rd July 1937 to Samuel and Gladys a younger sister to John. She was adventurous, strong-willed, refined, organised and, most of all, warm-hearted and kind. She started as an assistant stage manager at the Nottingham Playhouse before moving on to acting...
Margaret Bannister
Margaret Edith Bannister (1948-2018) was born in Milford Haven, to Les and Dilys Brown and had a sister, Linda. Her family had been trawler men for generations. She was a bright girl who won a place at the Board School. She enjoyed swimming and played hockey for the school. When...
Margaret Bennett
Margaret Bennett (1925 – 2016) was born Margaret Perkins in East Dulwich, London. She was the third of six children. She served as a nurse during World War II and then became a teacher after the war. She married her husband in 1949 and they had three children: Lynn, Ann,...
Margaret Elizabeth Sanderson
Margaret Elizabeth Sanderson (1939 – 2023) and her sister Pat were brought up by their father and close relatives after their mother died. Margaret went to Lydgate Junior School, Sheffield. Margaret had a son Jeremy with her husband Leslie, but the marriage did not last. Having studied for her ‘O’...
Margaret Ford
Margaret Isabel Ford (1927-2018) was born in London, the middle child of Isabel and Charles Western. She had an elder sister, Barbara, and a younger brother, Ken. Margaret left Barratt Street Trade School aged 14 and started work as an apprentice hairdresser near Harrow. She married Tony in 1952. Their...
Margaret Parsons
Margaret ‘Madge’ Parsons (1924 – 2019) was born in Holbeck, Leeds, on 15th of February 1924 to Adam and Eliza Moscrop. She had a brother and a sister, and also twelve half sisters and brothers. Madge was educated at Ingram’s Road Primary School in Holbeck. She grew up during the...
Margaret Pride
Margaret Alison Pride (1947-2018) was born in Cardiff to David and Phyllis Roche. She was one of seven children. Margaret left school and worked as a wages clerk and in the same year she met Ed Pride, whom she married in 1968. Their first house was in Llantrisant, where Ian...
Margaret Saunders
Margaret Saunders (1924 – 2019) was born on 25th November 1924 in Croydon, to Sidney and Ellen Uphill. She had an older older sister, Hilda. During the Second World War, she was evacuated to Norfolk. After the war, Margaret returned to London and married Albert Saunders. They had three children,...
Marilyn Mountstephens
Marilyn Dorothy Mountstephens (1950 – 2019) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 26th January 1950, the third of four daughters born to parents Cathy and Dennis. Marilyn had a strong sense of adventure and travelled to England where she met Terry. They married in 1974 and had three children....
Marion Spencer
Marion Spencer (1920 – 2019) was born and raised in the London Borough of Harrow. Her parents were Thomas Wilson Fox and Mabel Dalton. She had two sisters, Barbara and Shirley. She went to Brondesbury & Kilburn High School, where she became head girl. Marion then went to UCL where...
Mark Broster
Mark Broster (1986 – 2023) was born in Brighton Hospital on 19th August 1986 to Maralyn and Ray. Just before going to secondary school, Mark was diagnosed with autism. He attended St Anne’s School in Lewes followed by St John’s College, Brighton, where he was a weekly boarder. As an...
