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Spencer Body [PGS 1923/1928] |
St Patrick’s
Day is the birthday of my Uncle
Eric who died a couple of years
ago in his 90s. He was born at
6pm on 17th March 1912.
This is Uncle Eric as
cheeky-looking schoolboy at
Prescot Grammar, which he
attended between 1923 and 1928
After school he worked for
Meccano where his picture was
used in an advertising poster,
see below
Like Dad, Uncle Eric was a
motorbike enthusiast.
He then moved to Vauxhall Motors
in Luton before the War
interrupted his employment and
sent him to N Africa and Italy.
After the War he returned to
Vauxhall where he continued to
work until his retirement.
He kept a diary for part of the
war years and I have spent many a
‘happy’ hour
translating them from his
notorious scribble to English. So
far I am about two thirds of the
way through but as the war went
on and paper got in shorter
supply his writing got smaller
and smaller and even more
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In my mother’s
eyes Eric and his wife Doris were
notorious for moving house though
they probably didn’t move
much more than many people. Mum,
having only lived in two houses
her whole life, could not
understand their desire to find
pastures new. His last few months
were spent in the Hebrides where
GB looked after him but prior to
that he had lived on Anglesey and
he is pictured above in his
ninetieth year with Mum.
A number of younger folk knew Mum
and Dad and will remember them
after GB and I have gone but it
seems a real shame to me that
once GB and I have passed on
there will remain no one who
really knew Uncle Eric. Such is
life....
[John Edwards]
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