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Happy Birthday Grandma!

We hope you like your website to celebrate your birthday. We chose pink to remind you of your favorite flowers.

Your life has been full of happy memories and we've been fortunate to share many of them with you. We're all looking forward to many more birthday celebrations to come!

More about you

You are the mother of Stuart and the grandmother of Alexandra and Henry. Born on Monday November 5th 1917 in a village near Market Harborough, your father was Frank Freeston your grandfather was the Station Master in Northamptonshire.

You left school in 1935 after becoming head girl and winning the school tennis tournament to become an uncertified teacher. Although you were very happy teaching young children, you moved to Great Oxendon after the war.

By coincidence, you were reunited with a young man you had once met at a party. Jasper proposed and you were married on October 4th 1941. Your only son Stuart was born in 1944 and you lived together on the family farm in a beautiful village called Lyddington in Rutland. Jasper farmed there until his tragic death on Easter Sunday in 1979.

You remained in Lyddington until you managed to wind up the farm affairs and then moved to Uppingham in January 1980, where you have lived with your trusted companions Jed and then Basil ever since.

Your family loves you very much and we can't wait to see you at your birthday party this Sunday. Make sure you check the guestbook messages!

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Family Tree
Guestbook
Happy Birthday!   / Henry
I hope you like the present from all of us. I really enjoyed our day together going through all your photo albums. You said that it was like seeing your "life of happy memories flash before your eyes". I’m so glad that ...  Continue >>
Missing you on your birthday   / Alexandra
I'm so sorry I can't be with you on your birthday. I wanted you to know that I am thinking of you and hope that you have a wonderful day. I hope you like the site - it's funny to see all the old photos. You looked so beautiful on your wedding day and...  Continue >>
Birthday wishes   / Carolyn
Wishing you a very happy birthday. It's good to see that you have entered the digital world. I'm looking forward to seeing your lovely new dress for your party. With love, Carolyn
Many happy returns   / Stuart
Have a very happy birthday. We've all enjoyed making this website for you and I'm sure you will enjoy seeing it. I've got many more photographs to add over the next year. All the best on your birthday. Stuart
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Special Memories
Moonflowers 

You loved staying with your grandparents. Your grandfather used to take you along the embankment of the railway where in the summer time you picked flowers, which he called "Moondaisies". One of your earliest memories is of causing trouble on the way to his funeral by demanding to be let off the train to pick your Moondaisies for grandpa. To this day you still pick your Moondaisies each summer.

 
Hilda's Photo Album
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