Mary Lawrence - Revision history

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 '''Hallmark October 1990. Notice Board.'''   '''A reminder.'''  There is a Royal Mail collection every Sunday at 11am.  But only from the pillar box outside the Loosley Row Post Office.
 [[File:Mary Lawrence At The Post Office.jpg|thumb|Mary outside her shop/post office door.]]
-'''1993.   Congratulations''' to our Post Mistress, Mary Lawrence, recently honoured by the Post Office for 23 years’ service
+'''1993.   Congratulations''' to our Post Mistress, Mary Lawrence, recently honoured by the Post Office for 23 years’ service.  This award is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1969-2000 inc]]
 '''Mary continued''' '''with her little shop and Post Office until 1997''' when she decided to close it following two armed robbery attempts.

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 In 1970 Jack became ill.  Mrs Lawrence had died and Jean had married and left so it was decided to reduce the shop-cum-Post Office, leaving one small extension for Mary to run and Mary was appointed Sub-Postmistress.   From now on only a few useful things were stocked in the shop, including of course eggs.
-Hallmark February 1989 Madeline Cleaver reports on the local Post Office and the possible consequences if we do not
+'''Hallmark February 1989 Madeline Cleaver reports on the local Post Office and the possible consequences if we'''
 [[File:The Old Post Office 04.png|left|thumb|Hill Croft House. Photo taken from Lacey Green Main Road.  The shop/post office was attached to the further side of the house.]]
-'''use it enough to make it a viable business.   Hallmark October 1990. Notice Board.'''   '''A reminder.'''  There is a Royal Mail collection every Sunday at 11am.  But only from the pillar box outside the Loosley Row Post Office.
+'''do not use it enough to make it a viable business'''.   When Mary's father (the tenant) died there was the uncertainty of whether Mary could buy the house and land on which the small shop stood.   While we all worried about losing our Post Office, Mary's worry was that her home and livelyhood would be gone if she could not buy it.   That uncertainty went on for some two years while she lived there alone.   Great was the relief all round when she was given the chance to buy the property and keep the business going.   However, the future is still not assured because there are still problems of economics likely to arise.   So- - - - as has been said about the village shop and we have said of the local Post Office for years, USE IT OR LOSE IT:  in fact be prepared for its possible loss anyway, something that will affect many of us.
 [[File:Mary Lawrence At The Post Office.jpg|thumb|Mary outside her shop/post office door.]]
 '''1993.   Congratulations''' to our Post Mistress, Mary Lawrence, recently honoured by the Post Office for 23 years’ service
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 '''Mary continued''' '''with her little shop and Post Office until 1997''' when she decided to close it following two armed robbery attempts.
-Hallmark May 1997.  Ted Janes wrote "The '''End of an Era'''".
+'''Hallmark May 1997.'''  Ted Janes wrote "The '''End of an Era'''".
 Twelve years after the introduction of the Penny Post in 1841, a post office was opened in Loosley Row, and for 144 years Loosley Row has been blessed with a friendly post office, until February of this year when circumstances forced the retirement of Mary Lawrence, a sad reflection on today’s society.

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 '''Mary Lawrence born in 1940''' at Hillcroft was the daughter of Jack & Ethel Lawrence.  Click [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]]
-In 1963 Mary's mother died.  By then the family smallholding and cottage of 1932 had grown to become a farm and sizeable grocery store with a Post Office.   click [[Hill Croft]] and [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]] for more about Mary's life.
+In 1963 Mary's mother died.  By then the family smallholding and cottage of 1932 had grown to become a farm and sizeable grocery store with a Post Office.   click [[Hillcroft]] and [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]] for more about Mary's life.
 The shop had been largely run by Mrs Lawrence, with the added assistance firstly of Jean and later of Mary
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 In 1970 Jack became ill.  Mrs Lawrence had died and Jean had married and left so it was decided to reduce the shop-cum-Post Office, leaving one small extension for Mary to run and Mary was appointed Sub-Postmistress.   From now on only a few useful things were stocked in the shop, including of course eggs.
 [[File:The Old Post Office 04.png|left|thumb|Hill Croft House. Photo taken from Lacey Green Main Road.  The shop/post office was attached to the further side of the house.]]
-'''Hallmark October 1990. Notice Board.'''   '''A reminder.'''  There is a Royal Mail collection every Sunday at 11am.  But only from the pillar box outside the Loosley Row Post Office.
+'''use it enough to make it a viable business.   Hallmark October 1990. Notice Board.'''   '''A reminder.'''  There is a Royal Mail collection every Sunday at 11am.  But only from the pillar box outside the Loosley Row Post Office.
 [[File:Mary Lawrence At The Post Office.jpg|thumb|Mary outside her shop/post office door.]]
 '''1993.   Congratulations''' to our Post Mistress, Mary Lawrence, recently honoured by the Post Office for 23 years’ service

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−	click [[Post Offices ~~of Loosley Row and Lacey Green]]~~ for other Post Offices	+	click Post Offices for other Post Offices

	click [[Shops]] for other retail outlets also [[Business]]		click [[Shops]] for other retail outlets also [[Business]]

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 click [[Families]] for other local families[[File:Mary Lawerence.jpg|thumb]]
 [[File:Loosley Row Post Office.jpg|left|thumb|Hill Croft House.  The entrance to the shop/post office was immediatly on the right of the post box into an attached lean-to built onto the house.]]
-'''Mary Lawrence born in 1940''' was the daughter of Jack & Ethel Lawrence.  Click [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]]
+'''Mary Lawrence born in 1940''' at Hillcroft was the daughter of Jack & Ethel Lawrence.  Click [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]]
 In 1963 Mary's mother died.  By then the family smallholding and cottage of 1932 had grown to become a farm and sizeable grocery store with a Post Office.   click [[Hill Croft]] and [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]] for more about Mary's life.

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	click [[Families]] for other local families[[File:Mary Lawerence.jpg\|thumb]]		click [[Families]] for other local families[[File:Mary Lawerence.jpg\|thumb]]
		+	[[File:Loosley Row Post Office.jpg\|left\|thumb]]
	'''Mary Lawrence born in 1940''' was the daughter of Jack & Ethel Lawrence. Click [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]]		'''Mary Lawrence born in 1940''' was the daughter of Jack & Ethel Lawrence. Click [[Jack & Mrs Lawrence]]