Page 103 - ‘A Blaker Family History’ The family history of Joseph Blaker (1916-2007; ‘Joe’)

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6.27.1.1 Juliet Elizabeth Hammond (1948- )
Born: 11 April 1948, 21 Hillside Avenue, Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich,
Norfolk
Baptised: 26 September 1948, St. Andrew’s Church, Yarmouth Road,
Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk
Married: 25 March 1972, aged 23 years, married Juliet Elizabeth
Hammond; St. Mary of the Angels, Richmond Road, Worthing, West
Sussex

Juliet was the younger of 2 children born to Herbert Lewis Hammond
(1904-2000) and Marjorie Joyce Pearl (1908-2004). Her father was
known as ‘Lewis’ and her mother was known as ‘Joyce’. ‘Lewis’

Shortly after her birth, the family moved from Norfolk to 82 Beaumont
Road, St. Albans, enabling ‘Lewis’ to commute into central London, where
he worked in the Middlesex Architect’s Department. In 1951, the family
moved from St. Albans to 6 Downview Road, West Worthing, West Sussex,
where they remained until ‘Lewis’ and ‘Joyce’ moved into a retirement flat
in Windlesham Court, Grand Avenue, West Worthing.
‘Lewis’ and ‘Joyce’ were keen to afford their 2 daughters a good education,
and, despite belonging to the local Presbyterian Church, they paid the fees
for their daughters to attend a Roman Catholic independent school in
West Worthing.

Juliet, and her sister, ‘Sue’ were educated at Our Lady of Sion School, West
Worthing, West Sussex. Our Lady of Sion was originally a Roman Catholic
Convent school, founded in 1862, and had a complement of teaching nuns
and lay teachers. The school was a Catholic Foundation, which had always
opened its doors to, and welcomed pupils from, all faiths.

After leaving school in 1966, Juliet studied at the Eastbourne College of
Education – affiliated to the University of Sussex School of Education,
gaining her Certificate in Education in 1969. After obtaining her teaching
qualifications, Juliet’s first teaching post was at West Hove Junior School,
Portland Road, Hove, East Sussex, where she taught infant/juniors, and
took music lessons.

In 1971, Juliet took up a teaching post in Little Urswick, Cumbria, and
lived with Samuel and Jean McIlroy, in the adjoining village of Great
Urswick, close to ‘Joe’ who was then living with Mr. and Mrs. Glaister in
Ulverston – afterall, in a rural community, it would not have been ‘proper’
for unmarried people to live together – especially if one was a teacher in
the Church of England village school! In March 1972, Juliet and ‘Joe’ were
married in Worthing, West Sussex.

St. Mary of the Angels, Worthing, West Sussex