Doreen was born on the 10th of January 1941 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her Mother was Elenor Farley and her Dad was a local lad who Elenor met and fell in love with. Dad was in the services during the war but he and Elenor never married. Doreen had no brothers or sisters, and was bravely brought up by her Grandparents, Sarah and Squire Farley; she had many Aunts and cousins. Her childhood years were spent in number nought, Ethel Street which no longer exists… I have personally never come across another with a house number 0. Anita shared with me that Doreen told her about going up the street from where she was brought up and buying a bag of chips with some scratchings [batter-bits], and eating up to six slices of bread every night. In 1960,Doreen went to live in Southampton with her Aunty Evelyn Griffiths and family; it was there that she was introduced to John, who was serving with the Army along with Evelyn’s husband Gordon. Doreen and John have two children, Anita and Tony, and also three wonderful Grand-children, Sean, Caroline and Billy, who are Anita’s children. Doreen loved Blues and especially Soul music and enjoyed singers like The Platters, Barbara Streisand and Barry White. Another love of Doreen was the theatre and prior to their move to Spain, Doreen enjoyed London shows such as ‘Cats’. In fact one time she took an Aunt of hers, by train to London to see the Swan Lake ballet. Her Aunt was unwell at the time and wanted to see the ballet while she could do the journey. John told me that he thought Doreen was very brave doing this by herself and heading for the bright lights of the West End. In 2001, John and Doreen moved to Spain and started enjoying their retirement years, making lots of new friends along the way. They both joined the ‘Walking Group’ and Doreen thoroughly enjoyed those walks around the area and eating many Menu del Dias with the group. She was also an avid reader and a member of the ‘Book Swap Club’. Whilst living here Doreen, along with John have traveled across Spain, visiting lots of places, taking in all the sights and culture of this Nation; they found some amazing out of the way, hidden villages during their travels. Doreen was a kind, thoughtful and caring person who had a very strong will and an open mind. She was the type of person who would speak her mind to everyone, but also, she was a very fair and forgiving and people did not seem to mind her forthrightness…. Folk certainly knew where they were with Doreen. Doreen would also do anything for anyone who needed any form of help and never expected a reward in return. I end this Eulogy with a little story told me by Anita who was around eighteen years old when this happened. John and Doreen had been out one evening to one of their Army do’s and at the end of the evening Doreen drove John home because he had had a drink. When they arrived back home, John was very melancholic, but chatty mood. Sitting down in the front room, Doreen said to John in her frank and firm way, ‘John, if you don’t shut up, I’m going to hit you’, and with that went ahead and punched him in the face!!. John must have been so the worst for wear that he never heard, or felt, anything of all this and just kept on talking. This so infuriated Doreen that she got up and went off to bed in a huff…. That was her. Doreen, you never quite made that special anniversary celebration, but your life has left a lasting impression on the lives of so many people who loved you so much. We celebrate today the full life that you led and rejoice that you have left us a wealth of fond and special memories, which we will treasure for all time. God bless you Doreen.