Demobbed in 1946, she began working in Oxford Street, London, and in the city met her future husband Norman Mobbs at Wembley Stadium Speedway. That night he informed his colleagues she was the “the girl I am going to marry and did so in November 1950.
Adelaide Scottie Mobbs with Norman Mobbs on their wedding day November 1950
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After they married, she took on the role of a supervisor in a nearby Woolworths, earning £5 per week.
Four years later, the couple were able to buy their first house in Plumstead Road East, Thorpe St Andrew, near Norwich, after saving up the deposit from Mrs Mobbs’ wage. Once in Norfolk, she quickly gained the affectionate nickname Scottie , which she loved.
Lanarkshire woman celebrates 100th birthday and letter from the Queen
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Ella McLean celebrated her 100th birthday last week with son Ken and daughter Mary (Image: Handout)
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Anzac Day: The pregnancy, the wartime call-up and the love letter thrown from the train
23 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Isabella and Charlie Anderton s wedding photo, Waipukurau, June 1943. Photo / Supplied
Hawke s Bay woman Isabella Anderton, young and in love, said goodbye to her husband six times, expecting him to be sent off to serve in World War II. But after the half-a-dozen times on final leave, when the time came for Charlie Anderton to actually depart and join the war effort in Egypt, there was no time to say goodbye.
Isabella, now 99, would have had no idea he had gone were it not for Charlie s quick thinking in throwing a letter out of the train as it left the Palmerston North platform, and a healthy dose of luck.
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