in memory of aunt Mary Baxter, nee Valentine

AUNT MARY WAS THE SCHOOL TEARAWAY AND SHE DIDN'T CHANGE AS A NURSE, SHE WAS THE ONE WHO DID HER WARD ROUND ON A MOTORBIKE WITH A PILLION PASSENGER AND WHO CLIMED OUT ON SHAROE GREEN ROOF WHEN SHE HEARD THE TOP DOCTORS WERE HAVING A CONFERENCE, THEY NEVER FOUND OUT WHOSE HAND SPRAYED A SODA SYPHON THROUGH THE SKYLIGHT!!!  SHE NEVER LOST HER SENSE OF HUMOUR, AUNT PAT, A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND AND MUM BOTH REMEBER WELL. SHE GOT THE SISTERS JOB BECAUSE THEY SAID SHE WOULD KNOW ALL THE MISCHIEF AS SHE HAD DONE IT!!

SHE USED TO DO A LOT OF SEWING AND DRESSED A DOLL, ROSEBUD TEEN? EACH FOR ME AND PAULINE, THEY HAD TWEED COATS, EVENING DRESS, BABY DOLL PYJAMAS AND BEST OF ALL A SISTERS OUTFIT!  LATER SHE MADE SOFT TOYS FOR MY CHILDREN, CLARE STILL HAS SNOWY TOES THE CAT, AND ALSO FOR CHARITY.

SHE SUPPORTED THE MILL HILL MISSIONARIES HELPING THE STREET CHILDREN IN SAN PAULO AND SUPPORTED FATHER DAVID THROUGH HIS TRAINING, ALSO SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL HE RUNS IN INDIA.

SHE MARRIED JACK [JOHN] BAXTER A SOCIAL WORKER AND THEY ENJOYED TRAVELLING IN A CAMPER VAN OR ON THE CANAL BOAT THEY RESTORED. SHE LOVED GOING TO SCOTLAND AND WENT MANY TIMES, SHE ALSO WANTED TO GO BACK TO VENICE AS SHE ENJOYED IT WHEN SHE WENT WITH MUM AND AUNT PAT.

IN LATER YEARS , AFTER JOHN AND AUNT PATS HUSBANDS DEATH THEY SOLD THEIR HOUSES AND BOUGHT ONE BETWEEN THEM NEAR KENDAL, SHE ENJOYED HER GARDEN AND THE LOVELY VIEWS OF THE RIVER AND HILLS AND THE HELP THEY GOT FROM CAROLINE AND CLIFFORD AT THE FARM.

MANY OF HER FRIENDS CAME TO THE FUNERAL, NURSES SHE TRAINED WITH AND STILL WAS CLOSE FRIENDS WITH,  OTHERS SHE TRAINED, OLD NEIGHBOURS AND NEW FRIENDS FROM THE LOCAL AREA WHERE SHE LIVED FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS.