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'''Gordon May''' born 1933 was brought up by ? Rixon at Darvills Hill | '''Gordon May''' born 1933 was brought up by ? Rixon at Darvills Hill | ||
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Gordon May was one of the first five writers and researchers on [[The Local History Group]]. | Gordon May was one of the first five writers and researchers on [[The Local History Group]]. | ||
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Gordon was born in 1933, the youngest of three boys. They lived in the little hamlet of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Darvills_Hill Darvills Hill] between Lacey Green and Speen, in a house with no gas, electricity, mains drainage or running water. | Gordon was born in 1933, the youngest of three boys. They lived in the little hamlet of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Darvills_Hill Darvills Hill] between Lacey Green and Speen, in a house with no gas, electricity, mains drainage or running water. | ||
Revision as of 02:47, 29 May 2024
click Families for other local families
click May for others in this family
Gordon May born 1933 was brought up by ? Rixon at Darvills Hill
Edna Vera Pink born ?
Gordon and Vera married in 1958
Gordon and Vera had 4 daughters
Gordon May was one of the first five writers and researchers on The Local History Group.
Gordon was born in 1933, the youngest of three boys. They lived in the little hamlet of Darvills Hill between Lacey Green and Speen, in a house with no gas, electricity, mains drainage or running water.
He attended Lacey Green School from the age of 4 to 14, throughout the 2nd World War, and he belonged to the Local Boy Scout Troop.
From an early age he attended Lacey Green Methodist Chapel and as an adult, he held several church offices. When the building was closed in 2001, he had been a member for 70 years, 37 of them as Super-intendant of the Sunday School.
Gordon also played football and cricket for Lacey Green for many years.
For the whole of his working life he was employed in the retail trade in High Wycombe.
Click the following for articles written by Gordon
1947 Jobs for a War Time Boy. Gordon tells of jobs as a schoolboy
1945 Wartime jobs for schooboy Gordon Gordon tells of more jobs as a schoolboy
2008 Harold May. Gordon wrote his brother Harold's obituary
Research Note. Dennis Claydon and Gordon May were life long friends.
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