Husband
Alan was a telephone engineer whom Margaret met at Fareham Civic Hall in 1980. Practical and quietly dependable, he preferred instructions and checked things properly.
Alan Carter
Memories involving Alan Carter
I met Alan at Fareham Civic Hall on Friday, 17 October 1980.
We bought the Chevette in 1983 after agreeing that buying a car counted as large spending, so both of us needed to know about it.
The Fareham flat was our first home together. We had the tenancy before the wedding and moved in properly after Shanklin.
We married on Saturday, 12 May 1984, at Fareham Register Office.
We left for Shanklin on Monday, two days after the wedding.
Claire was born on Friday, 28 March 1986, in Portsmouth.
We moved to Havant in May 1987, when Claire was just over a year old.
Michael was born on 11 July 1989 in Portsmouth.
I went back to paid work on 1 September 1992.
We camped in the New Forest in August 1993 because it was cheaper than renting anywhere with walls.
Our first flight was to Majorca in August 1994.
Mabel came from a litter belonging to somebody at Eastbrook.
I remember 1998 as the gallbladder year, though most of the year had nothing to do with it.
We bought our first home computer at Christmas 1998.
We went back to Weymouth in August 1999.
We moved to Emsworth in August 2004.
Dad had a stroke less than a week before he died.
I met Denise again in Fareham in May 2009.
Claire married Simon on 9 September 2010.
Ruby was born in June 2012.