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On the right is a picture of Doreen Haycock (who died aged 72 in April 2008). She was a well known figure in Penkridge, having lived here all her married life. The picture shows her as a young nurse who trained in Wolverhampton where she met and fell in love with her husband Keith whilst caring for him in hospital.
The whole of her working life was spent in caring for others, working at Sister Dora's at Milford and finally as Matron at Longridge Nursing Home until her retirement. Many elderly people in our community have been looked after by Doreen, particularly in their final years.

Her husband Keith Haycock, a local man, was a prominent member of Penkridge Cricket Club and a keen Angler. They lived in Haling Road (previously The Marsh), Penkridge, and had three children - Patricia, Sonia and Craig.

REMEMBERING my Dad, Peter Mitchard, who died quite suddenly in May 2005, aged 71.

Lots of people in the village knew him - he was the village milkman in
his 20s (that's back in the 1950's and 60's). He also worked down the pit at the Littleton and later worked as a bread salesman in Hayward.

Dad was born in Penkridge Parish in November 1933 in Newtown - down the lane opposite Bluebell Wood on the Pottal Pool Road. He married a Penkridge girl, Christine Elsmore from The Marsh and had two daughters, my sister Sarah and myself, Emma, of course! I often talk to people who remember him and most say that they miss him, his whistling as he walked down the street, how kind and generous he was and how he always had a tale to tell and a smile on his face. He was a very special person who is deeply missed!

He lived in Newtown, Penkridge, all his life, working in the family business, milkman and later as bread salesman. In his youth he played cricket for Penkridge Cricket Club.

This photo was put together for his 70th birthday and shows his first milk delivery and a picture he had taken when he was 21.

Emma