But we both said that we would
the same friends and we didn't want
So we had a joint funeral.
I'm a Catholic
we actually had to have a little service
in the Catholic Church,
church for the joint service.
So you knew Judy already?
Yes, yeah.
We'd all been in Germany together.
There was a whole group of us.
There'd actually been
a friend who was killed and we knew
And then my closest friend, who actually
Her husband was killed in the march
pilots killed within six months.
And it was a really quite difficult time
not just for us wives, but for everybody.
The funeral was on the Friday and then
so he died the same week as my husband,
We were very close, you can imagine.
My mum was in a state because, you know,
two men and
friends on the base were really good.
I'm a small person,
so it was difficult to get
So they were making soup
And
the medical officer at Wittering,
basis and, you know, looked after us and
It was really lovely.
But the time comes when you realise
away from that life.
You're a bit of a reminder of something
and you've actually got
You've lost your husband, you've lost
It was six years for me,
that we were together before.
But you do have to move on.
You know that your friends are going to be
they're not going to always be there,
And I think that's what
And I actually stayed in the village
You know,
to Stanford so that we could
And so I didn't know where to go.
So I stayed in the village and
settled at school, basically.
So I stayed in the area
