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Tiverton
Willie was very depressed at first when we got to Tiverton. It was all so different, the natives hard to understand. But he struggled on and at last made good headway and succeeded in keeping St George's a live church. At the age of 56 I had whooping cough rather badly, and never went to church for six weeks. As far as I remember, no one seemed to know I was ill, and I did feel very ill. Mother came to live with us in 1927, and she died there.
Stanley, Winnie and Howard are married
We had our days of joy. Martin returned for the vacations. Stanley came home and was married [to Lydie] from our Vicarage. Howard returned to us, but he and Win went again to New Zealand, and my heart nearly broke again. Then after a while Winnie went to Singapore to Stanley. She was there when Peter [Stanley and Lydie's first child] was born, and soon was herself married [to Tom Macdowell, a banker]. This to me was a cause for a little bit of joy and thankfulness. With a good man to help her and look after her, I felt she was safe.
Howard came home again later and was without work for twelve months. I got him to help me a little in the home, but it was a difficult time. At last we felt we must take the only opportunity that seemed to offer, and we put him with Mr Anderson to learn brewing. This he liked, and at last after two years' training he was in a good job, and in 1936 was second brewer. He married in May 1937.
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