Brenda with her brothers Trevor and Derek and sister Renee
Two teenagers Brenda 18 Renee 15 "double trouble"
Brenda and Renee with Mary Fawcett and an ice-cream in 1954, with her dad in Looe 1953, and with Renee and Chu Chou 1953
When Derek first met her his opening line was "Hello blondie fancy a ride on my bike", and she told him to clear off.. The first time
Family holidays in Cornwall
Wedding day in Halifax 5th March 1955, she was 22 and Derek 24
Nick (that's me on Dad's knee) was born August 14th 1960
Brenda and Renee 1965
Christmas at Rosemary
Mum loved the garden at their house in Failsworth, it was always full of flowers and happiness
Her great friend Gladys, they were relentless shoppers for bargains every Saturday for about 20 years
Derek and Brenda on holiday in India
Graduation day
On the champagne as usual!
Always making each other smile :)
With friends outside Oaklands
Always making us giggle!
Not sure who's whiskey this is ?
Sandra and Brenda they got on so well from the start a wonderful pair of mums xx
A lover of animals and nature....Ben not so much
Sally and Nicks wedding party, Ben was best man
Nick and Sally's big day, Ben was an excellent best man
Always up to date and striking the latest pose
Christmas time cuddles
I think she's saying "You do if you dare!"
Treasured memories
Happy times, full of fun.
Wearing her big posh hat for Ben's graduation
Ben's graduation, very happy day for everyone!
Always smiling and making people happy
Ben and his grandma christening the new garden at Lount
With Renee and Gordon at Lowoods Windermere
A lovely wedding
Poem for my big sister xx
The glamorous girls
Any excuse to dress up...
Derek and Brenda happy as can be
Cheers my dears!
Derek's funeral a sad day but we celebrated his life
Mum was very low after loosing Dad but going on holiday helped, she spent a lot of time complaining she had nothing to wear and trying things on before her holiday, thankfully she decided not to take this Mary Quant sun hat
Brenda exploring Palma in her swanky new vehicle
Posing in the streets of majorca
2s and 8s in Majorca, she could hold her own at the card table
Brenda
We visited the hospice to add our leaves to the memory tree,
Mum and Dad would be very proud to have added their thanks to the wonderful team at the hospice