I have very happy memories of Alan and Marjorie. Alan was my cousin -- his father Stan Coates was my mother Winnie's 'big brother' (he was 18 years older than her). So Alan and Marjorie were very much my older cousins being about 15 years older than me. My first real memories of them are when they moved to Rugby when I was about 10, and they frequently visited my family in Quinton, Birmingham and vice versa, first with Andrew and then Mark when he was born. My parents were very fond of Alan and Marjorie and family and loved having them to stay over the years, and took a close interest in their activities.
I very much liked and admired Marjorie for her warmth, positivity and sense of humour and her willingness to have a go at anything, which continued all her life. She will be a greatly missed cousin to the Grady and Mills families.
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