50 Years Wedded
CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Spencer, of 26, Clarence Road, Erdington, on celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. There were about 15 guests at the party, including their two married daughters, Alice and Ivy, two grandchildren, Peter (aged 18) and eight-years-old Jean, and two sons-in-law. A large cake was decorated with seven candles, each one representing ten years of their lives.
They were married at Birmingham Register Office and have lived in Erdington for 43 years, 40 at their present address.
Mr. Spencer left school at the age of 13 and started work with an electrical firm. Since then he has been with a number of Midland firms of this type. He at present works full time at Lucas’s, Great King Street, Birmingham, from 8 a.m. till 5.30 p.m., where he is a tool maker. Prior to this he was employed at G.E.C., Ltd., Witton, Birmingham.
Mr. Spencer was born at Aston, as was his father before him A great runner and walker, he still takes a great interest in the sport, and has been on the Management Committee of Lucas’s Sports Club for the past 23 years, and is still a prominent member.
On completing 18 years’ service on this Committee he was presented with a silver cup for “fine work rendered.”
Too Good To Use
MANY years ago he was a member of the famous Small Heath Harriers, and was runner-up in the Midlands Walking Championship Contets. Football has never appealed to him, however. He is a keen radio fan and an “average” book reader.
He has won so many prizes in his time that the house is literally covered with them; one, for instance, won some 30 years ago, is a leather case with a zipp that holds shaving requisites, soap, brush and comb, beautifully packed, with each object inside a shining case.
Since this prize was handed to him, he has never once used it, and keeps it in the drawer of his living-room cabinet.
Mrs. Alice Spencer was born at Abergavenny, in South Wales, but came to the Midlands in 1888. She left school when she had attained the age of 13. Mrs. Spencer started work in Birmingham as a “harness stitcher” and worked five and a half days a week for four shillings. She started work at 8 a.m. and “knocked off” at 7 p.m.
Her recipe for a happy married life is, “To be satisfied and to make the best of what one has got,” and her advice to young couples about to get married is, “To give and take, pass things over without getting snappy and so avoid quarrels.”
(Erdington News, 2nd December 1950)
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