Tower and Town, September 2014 (view the full edition)Family NewsDudley Nash of South View came from an old Marlborough family who ran the farm and dairy in Elcot Lane. He was well known to Marlborough golfers. He had worked with the green keeper’s team for over 30 years. He died in July and is mourned by his wife, Claire, daughters, Marie, Donna and Shar and their husbands, and grandchildren, Jordan, Summer, Paolo, Samuel, Jacob and Zach. We lost another local man recently. John Pinchen was born near St. Peter’s Church. After leaving the Grammar School he served his national service with the 10th Royal Hussars partly in Germany. He met his wife, Kath, while working at Garrards in Elcot Lane, spent 23 years at T. H. Whites and 11 with the ground maintenance staff at the College. The family moved to George Lane in 1961. John enjoyed cricket and swimming in his youth. He watched Swindon Town and made an occasional trip to Twickenham or Arms Park and continued to enjoy watching many sports on TV all his life. Our sympathy goes to Kath and her sons Graeme, Trevor, Brian and Colin. Congratulations to Daniel Cavender, whose mother, Susan, lives in St Martins. He set himself the challenge of cycling from Rome to Great Western Hospital in aid of the hospital; he succeeded and is hoping to raise £9000. To find out more, or to donate, go to www.gwhcharitychallenge.org. Ann and Tony Skittrall celebrated their Golden Wedding at home with the family because Tony, who was Town Clerk for many years, is in poor health. They were married on June 6th 1964 at Preshute Church with Ann’s cousin and Tony’s two sisters as bridesmaids. They lived in Salisbury Rd until they moved to their present home in George Lane in 1970. They enjoyed the celebration with their daughters, Rachel and Nicola and grandchildren, Poppy and Stanley. When devolution for Scotland was being talked about in the late 70s families from Preshute Parish entered a float in the High Street carnival procession called ‘Home Rule for Manton’. Sally Cripps says several families worked together. Did they make up a Manton flag? Does anyone remember? Audrey Peck |