Maggie’s mother, Pearl, was, with her grandfather, Arthur Edwards (known as ‘the Duke’ in the valleys of South Wales) the major formative influence upon her. Dying of cancer at only 36 her support for the community is celebrated in the following newspaper reports. The scale of the entries – front and back pages, albeit in local papers – give some idea of the respect she commanded.
Pictures from the local papers.
Left: the Glamorgan Advertiser. The caption reads:
In the icy driving rain they gathered sadly at the graveside to pay their last respects.
Right: The Glamorgan Gazette (her employer). The caption reads:
The scene on Tuesday, Caerau’s saddest winter’s day ……
Pearl met Maggie’s father, Tommy, in Berlin after the war. I believe that they were married there. Her father referred to him aS “That slug”. Although I suspect that nobody would have been good enough for his elder daughter!
Peter Robert Turnill, third and youngest son of Joan, b 1/5/1947, m 19/10/1971
Little more than a shed! The picture shows it in 1982 shortly before we demolished it. The house to the left was built by Joan and occupies half the plot they bought in 1952. They had about 2/3 of an acre of ground.
Margaret Ianthe ? ? Hanson, first child of Derwent & Margaret, b ??/??/1942, m ????? d ??/??/2008? Ellen holds Ianthe – taken 1/3/43
Richard Brian Turnill, first child of Joan & Victor, b 23/10/1942, d 12/1/1961. Douglas must have got lost somewhere.
They certainly did …
Derwent George Cooper Hanson was their 3rd child, born 8/9/1918, and thus just 21 at the start of the war. Died ??/??/??
Margaret Williams, born ??????,
