Ok I will start this off but welcome other contributions as others seem shy, So how I met Nora

We both worked for the same group of companies DRG, The Dickinson Robinson Group, a conglomerate  of many large diverse companies worldwide. We both worked in Paper related companies me that manufacture of Paper and Board Nora in the converting side. I worked for DRG Paper and Board at Nash Mills, and Nora worked for DRG Stationery at Apsley.

I was customary for us to socialise together especially in the Finance Depts. It was the era of Aneka Rice's Treasure Hunt program on TV and car rally treasure hunts were a popular past time where you would all start off at five minute interval have the same cryptic clue directions. (Val Gettleson don't read this!) and would drive around the countryside getting the answers to the clues ending up at a pub where a buffet would b have been prepared for afterwards often in  separate bar, or hall etc. A sealed emergency envelope was provided telling you the end point in case you got so lost you couldn't find the ultimate destination. ( Val again don't read this).Of course if the emergency envelope which had to be handed back sealed had been opened your score was forfeited, to add spice it was always in fancy dress with a theme that could be colours, countries pirates, you name it

I was in an emergency services team Nora a school kids team. Anyway Nora happened to be wearing a shortish skirt with stockings wearing a straw boater and carrying a hockey stick, see photo. I had never seen her before or met her but she had caught my eye allegedly leaning over a railway or canal bridge to get the bridge number  and I asked her out a few weeks later, she said yes and the rest as they say is history. We dated, got engaged married in 1988, Alex came along in 1995 and enjoyed 34 years of married life , although Nora would say having Alex by Caesarean Section and bringing up to the man he is today was her greatest and happiest achievement, I am biased of course but I think she succeeded. Top of her bucket list upon receiving her terminal diagnosis in March 2016 was to see Alex graduate from Durham University which she happily did in June 2017. Mark