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Freda welcomed me into the family and we loved to write to each other across the miles. It was good to get her perspective on how to survive a house move across the Atlantic! Visiting her with Catherine and Hannah was such a pleasure and I will always remember how she would marvel at the chunky baby arms and legs and talk about their beautiful 'bracelets' of squidgy babiness. She was there for me as a new mum when I would ring for chats on long pushchair walks trying to get little ones off to sleep. And she always asked how we enjoyed Brighton and whether we were nicely settled, perhaps checking the streets were not so mean as one of her crime novel favourites Peter James might suggest! With love from Liz xx
liztodd
11th May 2021
I personally have to be so grateful to Auntie Freda as she looked after me when I was only a few months old when mum went into hospital! Freda was always so pleased to see Peter and I when she lived at Whetstone and had some great stories to tell. I feel I got to know her better in those later years than ever before. She had such an interesting life in her younger days and during the war. As Mary has said, she and John were so kind to mum and I know mum really looked forward to visiting them both. Freda was our last auntie, and we are sad that she didn't live to 100 - but 99 is amazing. Jane xx
jane sowler76
8th May 2021
Freda was our last auntie and I am full of memories of growing up in Leicester with all of our family close by. Especially I remember visiting John and Freda and our cousins on Christmas morning - sharing the excitement of new presents and playing that horse racing game at Tiverton Avenue! We also went there when dad was playing cricket on the Little Rushie - favourite game to collect spent matches {everyone smoked then}! Happy times. John and Freda were good friends to mum after dad died and we always appreciated the time and support they gave her. A great age Freda, sorry you didn't make it to 100 but am sure that your life was much enjoyed and that you will be remembered with great fondness by your close and wider family. M xx
marymaybabe
7th May 2021