| Location | Wyke Formely Of Batley |
| Age | 91 years |
| Date of Birth | 25/04/1917 |
| Date of Death | 08/03/2009 |
| Visitors | 993 since 11/03/2009 |
| Creator |
My Beautiful grandma .......
Annie ......
Met her husband Dougie as a result of a penpal friendship and when he came home after the war from his spell in India serving in the famous Chindits regiment, they married and lived for a short time in Leicester.That was where their Daughter Carole was born.
Annie was well known throughout her life in one way or another for her cooking...her burnt buns were famous throughout the NAFFI where she was based.
In later life her family marvelled at the stew and rice pudding she made for them.Indeed one of the most marvelous things was that each ingredient in the stews were cut and diced to exactly the same size ...taking her three days to make it!
Annie was a mender in the textile trade and up until her eyesight worsening only a few years ago..she did in fact carry on with her mending! Her daughter and family used to despair at all the unworn presents in her wardrobe.....as Annie insisted in setting to a darning old favorite clothes!
Her Grandchildren Lee and Kay...loved staying over on a weekend and enjoyed the treats of steak canadian sandwiches and the ritual of finding the two chocolate curly wurlies in the sideboard.Then waking up to her mouthwatering bacon and tomatoes for breakfast.
Annie was only small and was known as "Little Annie"One of the things that made her laugh was when her Ten year old Great grandaughter Abigail stood at the side of her and measured herself....and little by little Abigail reached past Annies height!
Annie was over the moon when Lee and Julie decided to give Thomas the name Radford...as this was also her late husbands middle name.
Annie was a genourous...caring a giving lady and loved to please others with her gifts.
Her Grandson Lee kept her supplied with chocolates and her grandaughter bathed and pampered her when she became unable to do this herself.
Her daughter Carole who was a only child cared deeply for her mum and helped her stay in her own home which is what Annie wanted....she cleaned...cooked and shopped for her enabling her to keep her independance.
Annie never really thought as Carole being a only child as she thought of her son in law Peter as a son....nothing was aver too much for Him ...he helped with all Annies paper work phonecalls...Annie loved all her family dearly as they did with her.
Annie was loved so much by her family and will be missed greatly.
To a special Grandma............
Love and miss you so much xxxxxxx
Loving wife of the Late Douglas Radford. xxx
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Precious mum of Carole and loved mother in law of Peter.xxxx
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Devoted Loved and loving Grandma of Lee and Kay and Julie.xxxx
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Special Great Grandma to Abigail Elizabeth and Thomas Radford.xxxx
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Happy birthday Grandma......
Well it would have been your 94th birthday today ......wow ..... as you would have said .....i will get that telegram you know!!! im sad you never got to .....but im glad that you wasnt ill for too long or d
suffered i just couldnt have dealt with that ....my heart broke when you fell asleep that morning but i kept in my mind that you didnt suffer and you had us all around you.
I always came to see you on your birthday bringing you nice flowers and some pressies i used to love going out to buy you things and picking a card with a beautiful verse with word that had such a meaning. You used to open pressies and always love what id got you ....(even thought they would still be in your wardrobe five year later unworn !! cheeky !! ) yes we found them all after we lost you!! you were soooo funny sucha hoarder but then i am the same ! i keep alsorts and hate throwing stuff away....guess i get that from you oh and the teabag thing ! that drives my mum crazy :O)))
Grandma i was so upset today id not been well this morning and mum didnt think i was well enough to come see you to bring you flowers i was crying cos ive never not been with you on your birthday in all my 33 years ......it just didnt seem right :O( mum said you would understand and would have been one of the first to say not to come if i wasnt well as you always but us first but it was upsetting me so much i felt like id let you down...i know you would have thought that for one minuite but you remember what i said to you in the chapel? that i promised you would always be in my heart anything i ever did ....on my wedding day ....when i had my first baby all those sort of times ..that i would visit your grave on your special days and birthday .....and that i would light a candle for you every sunday night ...i promised you and i never let you down . So tonight dad drove us down to bring you some flowers ......happy birthday i love you x.xxx I Wish you was here right now grandma more than ever to help me through all this ......you would have listened and helped me .i used to come to your house whenever i needed to escape reality...as you had such a innocence about you .......the world was so lovely to you all .Stay with me grandma ......all my love forever and always .......your grandaughter Kayzee xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ps I-L-Y ALWAYS as you would say !!! :O)))))
hello......
Awgh Grandma ......i was just looking at some old photographs on my computer ....you know what i was like and still am like for taking photos!! but i am so glad i did.....cos now i have them .
I have been looking at some of my 3Oth party.....i am so glad you got to be there .....i am so glad you got to see me in my own house and i will always be grateful for all the help you gave me to make my first house lovley ...i couldnt have done it without you ......and everyday i ahve things around me ...to remind me of you ....thankyou....
I miss you sooo much.....i know time goes on but it hurts still .....i miss having you around.....but sometimes well infact alot of the time ....i know you are watching over me....at the moment i am finding it so hard with all the decisions i have to make about work etc .....mum and dad are fantastic as always ...but i miss you.... i miss coming for my tea and escaping all the stress......as you always had a innocence about you......so that meant that i could be in that with you.....you made me laugh cos everything was so black and white and if you thought something ...well nobody could change your mind.....but i love you for that..
I am sorry i have not been to bring you flowers since my operation but i know you will understand,,,,,,and i know i dont have to go there to let you know im thinking about you...i think of you when i wake up and when i go to sleep....i always will.
All my love hugs and kisses always ....Kay xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
christmas................................
Another christmas without you grandma...,.....it doesnt get any easier......i miss you soooo much and will always love you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
missing you xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Grandma.............i miss you so much.....i have thought about you all day even more than usual...is that posssible???Claire lost her grandma today..and she was so close to her just like me and you.She is heartbroken and i wish i could take her pain away.I know what she is feeling tonight....i remember that night so much.....that horrid horrid feeling of thinking and knowing i would never see you a again....never talk to you.....never hear your voice....and never hug you....but i know now that you are with me...in everhting i do and i am so lucky ....i love you and miss you so much .....please look after claires gran for me....make her a nice cuppa ....and share a kit kat with her eh?? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ALL my love forever xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Another birthday without you ....
Well grandma.....another birthday without you.....i have missed you such a lot....i hope you could see us come to see you today.....was that you who made it rain....cheeky!! you know how much i hate getting my hair wet!
Been to mums for tea and now home...i am going to light your candle soon which sits beside your photo.I miss you so much i just wish you was still here ecspecially at the moment as i am waiting for my operation you would have heered me up so much with all the funny thigs you used to say.
I would give anything right now to give you a hug and place a kiss on your lovely little cheeks.
Happy birhtday grandma ....night night and godblesss
All my love forever to the moon and back ....Kay xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I know there is a lot of people who loved you so much that wishes today never happened last year especially your devoted grand daughter. She loves and misses you so much and would give anything just to have you back!!
It doesnt matter how anyone says they are sorry it still hurts when someone loved as much as you leaves their lives physically but mentally and emotionally you are still with Kay and the rest of your family and will be forever, which deep down Kay knows even if it is hard to deal with and come to terms with especially on special days like today, but so i am told, in a mysterious way and probably with a nudge in the right direction from you, Kay wont be sat sad and miserable this evening but will be out with all your family remembering the good times and spending time with each other which is precious,which you dont appreciate until you lose someone.
So thank you for making it a bit easier for her to deal with, i know i only met you once but i know you made Kay very happy and her life was surrounded by you she wouldnt have got through so many things in her life without you and all you have to do now is watch over her as i know you are!!
She is sad sometimes and a bit of a drama queen but i wont ever hold that against her and will be there for her when she needs someone to understand and listen to her so dont ever worry about her!!
Your missed so much and always will be i know that and one day you will all be reunited and Kay will get that cuddle she wants so bad but until then rest well Annie and take care of my mate in the way you can.
xx Gill xx
This time last year.............
I read my diary from last year and i had put in it..." grandmas tea" ...this time last year we had fish and chips and probarly half a tin of biccies :O))
This time lasy year ....even when you were then 90 year old i thought i had all the time in the world with you......i never thought i would loose you.....i know thats silly but i didnt, you used to joke about it and i would say to you...no grandma you here for a long time..........
I am not gong to say i wish i had known then how little time we had left together because i can honestly say hand on heart i could never have loved you anymore than i did......done more things for you.....telephoned you more......because all those things just came natural.....i thank mum and dad for teaching us to love and respect our parents and grandparents and love them like me and Lee did.
So if i had have known i was going to loose you....it would have just meant that those last few weeks would have been so sad for us both.I am so glad that you didnt get ill and suffer for long.I know you did at times in the last two days but i held you in my arms and hugged you ...kissed you ...combed your hair told you i loved you and spoke up for you......got you your painkillers.......a extra blanket.
Ive never lost anyone so close before and when you died i thought my heart was going to burst...i have never felt that pain before but i was so lucky we were all so lucky to have you in our lifes for so long and you gave us so much happiness.
I cant believe that its nearly a year since you went to sleep........it seems like yesterday.....i keep dreaming about the day you left us and your funeral which makes me sad but i know you will be proud of me and all of us.I try grandma not to get upset because you wouldnt want me to but sometimes ......its just because i miss you...................i still feel heartbroken.................
I wish more than anything in the world right now you could come and sit with me so i could hug you ...just for five minuites....but how silly is that hey??
Maybe in my dreams tonight??
All my love forever ...................
Kay xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
this is for you....... so true xxxxx
Grandma,
A baby cradled in your arms...
Teaching me your gentle charms.
Growing up with you by my side...
Learning from you never to lie.
To understand and not judge too...
Love and kindness I also learned from you.
Through the years you watched me grow...
Teaching me everything I'd need to know.
Listening to every word I've said...
And every word I've wrote you've read.
You've been there for me to the end...
Until the day for you, God did send.
Now you watch me from up above...
Shining down on me your heavenly love.
I will miss you with all my heart...
Thank you for being there from the start.
Grandma by Michele S. Reeves @FamilyFriendPoems
Christmas without you.......
Well christmas is over and its new years eve tomorrow.....
Christmas eve was nice we spent it together which we have never done before...i know you would have liked that.
I thought about you sooooo much christmas day as im sure everybody else did.....i hope you caught the balloon we sent up....for you and grandad and grandma and grandad Birmingham.
I wore your necklace which made me feel really proud...you always wore it christmas day so it only seemed right.
You are on my mind so much lately as i miss you so much i cant believe im never going to see you again......kiss you...hug you or hear your funny laughs and stories.
Im sorry i didnt come to the cemetry over christmas i just couldnt face it ....i know you will understand xxx
Please keep watching over me...i need you grandma....
I never used to be able to imagine my life without you......and now this is it......,...
Night night and godbless my beautiful grandma xxxxx i love you xxxxxx
Your heartbroken grandaughter Kay xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Snowing....
Grandma....sometimes i feel silly writing on here but i also find comfort from it.
Well its snowing......and its nearly christmas....i am thinking about you ore than ever at the moment. It just feels so strange not having a christmas card from you .......not coming to your house to help you write your cards,,,,,help you wrap your presents......buying your christmas pressies......i just miss you so much.
I know you wouldnt want me to be sad but i also know you knew how much i loved you ...so you will know how much i miss you and why i do feel sad.Christmas day just wont be the same without you.
I am going to go get you some nice flowers and bring them this week.
Ive got your christmas baubles on my tree......i will never ever forget you....i think about you every day.....i dont think i will stop.
Please stay close to us all over christmas xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
All my love forever xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Your best friend Kay xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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