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Note: d that he had to travel on the platform at the rear of the bus.
He married Lou but they divorced. He was therefore described as "Previous marriage dissolved" on 22 July 1953 when he and Ismay Beasley were married at Whitley Hall Methodist Church by Rev W Beddard Smith. He was then 41 and employed as a cable jointer on the railway, having returned to live with his parents at 10 Long Barn Lane, Reading prior to his second marriage.
The marriage took place on a Wednesday afternoon as that was still a half-day closing for shops. His niece, Daphne Barnes, was the oldest bridesmaid and the other older one was ill on the day so Susan Pendery, who lived near Daphne in the Basingstoke Road stepped in at the last minute as she was virtually the same size as the original girl. They both wore muffs and feather headresses while the little bridesmaid carried a posy.
They lived in Kingsbridge Road and Wilf later worked for a painting and decorating shop. When visiting his sister, Violet, during her final illness, he said that he would never make old bones and he died the following year.
Note: Wilfred was known as Wilf. He suffered so badly from travel sickness as a chil
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