Annie Saunders

Annie was born in Sulgrave on the 11^th March 1915 and lived there until she went into domestic service in Northampton. She was later in service to the Drydens, Canons Ashby House, where she contracted scarlet fever. After her recovery she went to St Johns to work in Oxford, meeting the great cricketer W.G.Grace and scouring Oxford for goats milk for Ghandi. Annie married Edgar Saunders, a Helmdon lad, in Sulgrave Parish Church on 30^th January 1939.

Annie and Edgar lived in Church Street, Helmdon and and had three children, Barry, Chris and Angela. She gave a lot of her time to the village – fund raising for a playing field, organizing and making costumes for the village pantomime. The church was her life, doing the teas at the fetes and organizing bell ringing lunches. A Mothers Union member, Annie attended the monthly Wednesday church service until her death on 3^rd December 2002.

The family of Annie would like to thank everyone for their support and kind messages.

Jenny Saunders

From: Talkabout Spring 2003