October2013 Edition - Hatfield Heath Village Magazine

extraordinary coincidence Margaret was in the same hall
sitting a Civil Service Executive exam - but they never
met or spoke.
For the record, He passed, She failed.
James
Peter then spent a year in Guildford climbing poles and
digging holes before being accepted on the University
sponsored scheme for a sandwich course. He moved to
London to attend what is now City University.
Coincidentally Margaret had already moved to London
to work in the Civil Service. They met while playing
mixed hockey in Regents Park on a Sunday morning -
his hostel was paired with hers. Steve
He asked her to dance at a social as she was the only one
he
recognised from the team. They discovered that their
homes in the West Country were only 20 miles apart
and that his father knew and worked with Margaret's
uncle, both having the same job in Telecommunications
at the Post Office, one in Taunton, the other in
Barnstaple.
What a relief for Margaret's Mum - it made Peter
respectable!
Saturday nights were spent dancing to Mel Dancer and
his Dance Band at Fulham Town Hall. Only waltzing
and quickstepping as the salsa and tango lessons did not
get them anywhere. Those of you who have seen Peter
dance know that at least he was willing to try. Their
favourite song to dance to was Marjie which, of course,
he changed to Margie.
James
They married at Escot in Devon in 1962 and began their
married life in a flat in Tooting Bec, South London.
Much time was spent looking for a house they could
afford and Sawbridgeworth, or to be exact Lower
Sheering, was chosen after a social visit to Bishops
Stortford on a lovely sunny day.
James
Andrew was born there in August 1964 and has never
forgiven Peter for having to have Sheering on his birth
certificate. Richard soon followed on 27 March 1966,
the day after the move to Cox Ley here in Hatfield
Heath took place, what an introduction to the village.
Peter lived in that house for the rest of his life.
Steve
He converted an old Dormobile into a campervan and
the family spent three weeks each summer down in
Cornwall. Despite his loathing of football, in 1972 he
took the boys to Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea and
sparked a passion in them that lives on in his grandsons
today. They went to see Bishop's Stortford win the last
ever FA Amateur Cup at Wembley. Peter and Margaret
sent the boys to the local comprehensive school and,
despite his profession, Peter showed no disappointment
when both decided not to go to university but head
straight into the careers they still work in now.
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