My dearest mother has passed away - Pat Wood 1927-2022

My dearest mum - a real character, loved by all, always glamorous, and the kindest, warmest and most generous person you could ever wish to meet - passed away on 12 January 2022 aged 94. What a fantastic life she led and what a wonderful mother she was to me! I love her dearly and will always miss her - her warm heart, her smile, her kindness, her love, and most of all, her sense of fun ♥💔

 See also: https://www.facebook.com/johnalexwood/posts/10159541796164014

 

 

My Mum's 80th Birthday

Some of the people appearing in this 30-minute DVD that I made to celebrate my mum's 80th birthday (in no particular order) are:

• Lily Purser
• Herbert William Purser
• Cecil Purser
• Lily Purser
• Violet Purser
• Pat Purser (then Pat Berney, now Pat Wood) - Mum
• Leonard Berney - Dad
• David Scott-Atkinson
• Steve Berney (now Steve Wood)
• Nick Berney
• John Berney (now John Wood) - me
• Dorothy ? (my nanny)
• Gina Egan (now Gina Narayan, Maharani of Cooch Behar)
• Jagaddipendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
• Ken Wood
• Michael Wood
• Stuart Wood
• Sally Wood
• Gilly Wood
• Claire Balfour
• Ian Balfour
• Jonathan Balfour
• Miles Balfour
• Alexandra Balfour
• Maggie Shanks
• Paul Shanks
• Murray Shanks
• Claire-Lesley Shanks
• Dennis Freedman (Kenwood director)
• Mary Freedman
• Nicky Dow (Kenwood director)
• Philip Harding (chauffeur)
• Alec Miles (chauffeur)
• Richard Dixon-Payne
• Dave Cochran
• Capt Roland Plugge
• Mrs ? Plugge
• Tim Coch de Gourand (spelling uncertain)
• Mrs ? Coch de Gourand (spelling uncertain)
• Edit Brenninkmeijer
• Mr ? Jaeger (Oakwood School teacher)
• Melissa Scott-Atkinson
• Lily Squibb
• HRH Prince Charles
• Monica Morgan, Monica Wood
• Caroline Robertson, Caroline Wood (my wife)
• Neil Mackwood
• Lydia Wood
• Natasha Wood
• Max Wood
• Oliver Mackwood
• Mr ? Mackwood
• Mrs ? Mackwood
• Zachary Wood
• Harry Wood
• George Tilley
• Sophie Tilley
• Chantal Berney
• Angie Berney
• Alex Mackwood
• James Mackwood
• Marion Hall
• Joan & Leslie Berker of Berkertex fame (Plymouth)
• Tom Jones
• Mrs Charlotte Morgan
• Amanda Avery, Amanda Bartlett
• ? Rendal
• Len Irish
• Evelyn Irish
• Bunny McCracken

Some of the places:

• Plymouth
• Maidenhead (Pathé News fashion show)
• Lambeth
• 60 Traps Lane, New Malden Surrey
• 6A Cavendish Mews, North, Hallam Street, London
• Marylebone Registry Office, London
• Gascons, Royce Way, West Wittering, West Sussex
• Camelot, Shipton Green, Itchenor, West Sussex
• Alpbach, Austria
• Disneyland, California
• Old Thorns Farm, Liphook, Hampshire
• Dellwood Cottage, Wheatsheaf Enclosure, Liphook, Hampshire
• Quinta Rosa, Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal
• Smilers Bar, Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal
• Athens
• Dephi
• Yugoslavia
• Adriatic Sea
• Corfu
• Venice
• Amsterdam
• Shamong, New Jersey, USA
• Withies Inn, Compton, Surrey
• India
• Africa
• Hotel Jas d'Alexis, Ramatuelle, France
• Japan
• Godalming Registry Office, Surrey
• 4 Heathcote Drive, East Grinstead, West Sussex
• Munich
• Bahamas

If I missed any people or places out, please let me know.

john@uptone.co.uk