Bench Memorials (Thanks primarily to Joan Beer with additional input from Marion Moat, Robin Gill and Anne Ramon)

Joan has walked along the High Street and others have visited churchyards, keeping their eyes open for memorials on benches and then have faithfully recorded the details of each of the memorials on the benches. You may not have stood and read these but there are some moving tributes.

For more details of the people, please see the images below, under the slide show. 

MANOR PARK BOWLING CLUB

IN LOVING MEMORY OF BILL AND GRACE ALLARDYCE WHO SPENT MANY HAPPY HOURS ON THIS GREEN.

JOHN CLARE   LOCAL COUNCILLOR AND PHYSICS TEACHER

JEAN AND BOB DAWES,     BOB WAS MET. POLICE INSPECTOR AND SERVED ON NAVAL ANTARCTIC CONVOYS WW2         "BE LUCKY"

IN MEMORY OF GEOFF HALL,    CAPT. AND PRESIDENT OF CLUB.  EDITOR FOR MEDICAL JOURNAL

IN MEMORY OF DOUG LAVENDER    NO: 1 SUPPORTER,   WORKED AT MALDEN CENTRE,  AND BOWLED WITH VISUALLY IMPAIRED MEMBERS

SYBIL SHORT

IN LOVING MEMORY OF TOM AND OLIVE TANDY,       OLIVE WAS LADIES CAPTAIN

CHRIS AND DI  BOA           HAPPY BOWLING DAYS

IN MEMORY OF ALF CRONEY  "MR SHORT"     HE WAS ALWAYS SHORT OF THE JACK

STAN AND MARGARET McGIBBON

ERIC AND MAUREEN GRIMWOOD          MAUREEN WAS PRESIDENT 2013/14

JAN AND JOHN HARMSWORTH         HAPPY MEMORIES

MAURA AND RON LEMON      "AN INSPIRATION"       RON WORKED FOR KINGSTON VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND  WAS A YOUNG SPEEDWAY RIDER

HI JULIAN,
I WAS SHOWN ROUND THE GREEN BY THE PRESIDENT GEORGE WYE, A LOVELY MAN. HE GAVE ME THE INFO OF THOSE HE KNEW WELL.