Tower and Town, December 2019

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Family News

Congratulations to Caroline and Christopher Loveday who are delighted to have become grandparents to Jainaba Rosemary Jatta, a baby daughter for their daughter, Lilli and her husband, Kebba. They met in Gunjur, Kebba’s home town, and now live in Marlborough, so Jainaba is a true ‘link baby’

Thank you to Rosemary Hawes for the next piece:

Many people in the area will have known Mary Roberts who died on October 2nd. One of several contributions that Mary made to the town was to organise the Christmas Cards in St. Peter's Church. She did this for a number of years, with the great help of her husband, Peter. During the latter part of her life, Mary wrote two books. "Farm of my Childhood" (published in 1991) is about Bedfordshire and the farm she was brought up on in Priestly. Peter and Mary were married there and came to Rockley in 1964. Subsequently she wrote another book, "Beyond a Cottage Window" which was published in 2003 and tells of the everyday happenings of Mary’s and Peter's lives in Wiltshire.

Mary was much loved and will be greatly missed, as shown by the large number of people who came to her thanksgiving service at Ogbourne St. Andrew. The sun shone and the church was packed.

Thank you, Mary, for being a good friend to so many people.

Finally, we raise a toast to Brenda and Maurice Smith who celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in November with a party for family and friends at Marlborough Golf Club. They were married in Avebury Congregational Chapel in November 1969.

Jessy Pomfret