Gladys Lizette Augusta Handley

   Cause of her death was Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, form of lymph canacer.

   Other names for Gladys were Bunty, her grandmother gave her this nickname and Jobo - husband Harold used that nickname.

  General Notes:

Addresses:
1948(?) - 1954 (?): 115 Swanside Road, Liverpool UK
1954 (?) - 1959 (?): 'Seven Springs', 18Thingwall Drive, Irby, Wirral, UK
1959(?) - 1963: 'Strawberry Wood', Martineau Drive, Dorking, Surrey, UK
1963 - 1972: 'Bredon', Ds. Kremerstraat 26, Heeze, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
1972 - 1974(?): Cordwallis Road, Maidenhead, UK
1974(?) - 1996: 'Bredon', 1 West Mead, Maidenhead, UK

Nicknamed "Bunty" by her father or grandmother.

After birth Gladys was nursed by Jenky. Later Jenky married and lived in Tenbury. Emily Augusta Grime gave her a silver kettle for a wedding present. Silver kettle is currently in posession of Masja Pantlin (2009)

Lizette was very friendly with cousin Blanche Done.

Audrey Davy about Lizette: She was brought her by her grandmother who called her Bonny and spoiled her. Bonny became so wild that the family decided that she should go to a very strict boarding school. Lizette felt in was like prison. Lizette was very friendly with her cousin Josie. (July 2009)

'Bredon" - was this where Harold proposed?

On a postcard "Mummy 'away' June 1958

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: 91 Rocky Lane, 1921, Liverpool, England.

• Education: Hillside School, Abbey Road, 2 Aug 1930, Llandudno, Wales. ²⁰⁰

• Education: Hillside School, Abbey Road, 16 May 1931, Llandudno, Wales. ²⁰¹

• Education: Great Moreton Hall, Abt 1933, Congelton, Cheshire, England. ²⁰²

• Education: Godwin Girls' School, Palm Bay, 3 Aug 1936, Cliftonville, Margate, England. ²⁰³

• Education: Godwin Girls' School, Palm Bay, 10 Feb 1938, Cliftonville, Margate, England. ²⁰⁴

• Residence: Westminster, 29 Sep 1939, London, England. ²⁰⁵

• occupatiion: bank clerk, 29 Sep 1939, Westminister, London. ²⁰⁵

• Residence: 44 Vincent Square, 3 Dec 1939, Westminister, London. ²⁰⁶

• Occupation: Bank clerk, 1940s, Cheltenham, England. Worked as a bank clerk during and after World War II until marrying and moving to Liverpool

• Residence: Trematon, Westal Green, Landsdown Road, 12 Jun 1941, Cheltenham, England. ²⁰⁷

• Residence, 9 Jun 1944, Cheltenham, England. ²⁰⁸

• Residence: Landsdown Road, 25 Jun 1945, Cheltenham, England. ²⁰⁹

• Residence: c/o Mrs Bee, 1 Montpellier Exchange, 29 Oct 1945, Cheltenham, England. ²¹⁰

• Residence: 31 Avenue Road, 3 Jul 1946, Grantham, England. ²¹¹

• Residence: 115 Swanside Road, 29 May 1947, Liverpool, England. ²¹²

• Residence: 115 Swanside Road, 24 May 1948, Liverpool, England. ²¹³

• Residence: 115 Swanside Road, 8 Apr 1952, Liverpool, England. ²¹⁴

• Residence: 'Seven Springs', 18 Thingwall Drive, 25 Aug 1957, Irby, Wirral, Cheshire, England. ²¹²

• Residence: 18 Thingwall Drive, 19 Jan 1958, Irby, Wirral, Cheshire, England. ²¹⁵

• Residence: 'Strawberry Wood', Martineau Drive, 27 May 1963, Dorking, Surrey, England. ²¹⁶

• Residence: Strawberry Wood, Martineau Drive, 24 Jul 1963, Dorking, Surrey, England. ²¹³

• Residence: "Bredon", Ds Kremerstraat 26, 15 Aug 1963, Heeze, Netherlands. ²¹³

• Residence: Cordwallis Road, 1972, Maidenhead, England.

• Residence: 'Bredon', 1 West Mead, 1974, Maidenhead, England.

• Occupation: Clerical Officer, 1980s, Windsor, England. Worked at SGS. Had to pretend she was younger than she really was in order to get the job.

• Cremation: Rememberance Gardens, 7 May 1996, Slough, England. Cremated at Slough Crematorium, Stoke Road, Slough, England.
Ashes buried in a box at Stoke Poges Gardens, garden section SH161

• Education: Open University, History of Arts and Literature: Southampton.

• Marriage Banns: Wdding ceremony. Josie Davies was bridesmaid at wedding, see wedding picture (Source Audrey Davies)

• Confirmation: Confirmed. In a letter to cousin Hazel, Gladys write on 14th Nov (year unknown) that she will be confirmed on 6th Dec.

Gladys married Harold Norman (Joe) Pantlin, son of Albert Edward Pantlin and Kate Martha Halls, on 29 Dec 1945 in Cheltenham, England.¹⁹⁰ (Harold Norman (Joe) Pantlin was born on 9 Mar 1923 in 193 Magdalen Road, Wandsworth, London, UK ¹⁹² and died on 23 May 1994 in 32 Kennet Road, Romsey, Hampshire, England ¹⁹³.). The cause of his death was Heart attack.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Property: Bungalow in Irby, 1953, Liverpool, UK. In Harold Norman's 1953 diary one can see that he and Gladys were very preoccupied with building their own home. Since soon after their marriage they were living with Emily Augusta Grime at 115 Swanside Road, Liverpool. As Emily was in her eighties and two children had arrived, living together was increasingly stressful. Harold writes about 'Gambo' being grumpy and irritable, particularly on days when she had bad bouts of what she called jaundice. Harold and Gladys decided to build their own home on the Wirral, the peninsula across the River Mersey from Liverpool. Plans were made in 1952 and a builder selected. Building permission took many months to get and then there was a problem getting bricks. Early in 1953 Harold ordered bricks but after much ado they didn't arrive until late summer. The builder then had little interest in building the house, presumably because government contracts were more lucrative. The builder owned the plot so it wasn't easy for Harold and Gladys to choose another builder. In the end they decided to drop the plan and start a new plan to build a bungalow on another plot with another builder. By year end the foundations were laid and progress was being made. Presumably they moved in 1954 (diary of that year not available).

• Marriage Notice: Wedding, 29 Dec 1945, Cheltenham, England. Marriage took place at The Parish Church, Cheltenham, England.
EWdding Breakfast afterwards at The Lansdown Hotel, Lansdown Road, Cheltenham