What a sad background that Neville had. After having broken his back when he was involved in an air crash during WWII,staying in hospital for 12 months.
After the War,he went to agricultural college where he met RWB. Both then met the Speakman sisters June and Pamela,and after 2 years of marriage,June and Neville were offered a farm in Rhodesia,where Neville had 2 sisters living there,but Leslie Speakman had offered Neville the tenancy of WHF as well as a partnership if they both stayed in the UK,though Neville felt that South Africa would be lovely because of his sisters living there,but after they were tragically killed,he gave up the idea altogether and didn't broach the subject again. Never again was he to speak fondly about the place.
Neville was the perfect gentleman,light-hearted and loved socialising.
June was brought up at Vaulty Manor farm,went to grammar school in Colchester and then secretarial college. After June finished school,she went to work in local offices then decided to help the war effort by joining the female Army and Navy Yeomanry and was posted to Calcutta.
After the war,June then met Neville,they fell in love and got married. Their first home was a cottage in Wash Lane,about 1/4 of a mile from Vaulty Manor farm. June became a housewife and took part in community activities with the church and the Womens Institute assisting with Meals on Wheels.
Both June and Neville were keen tennis players.After a couple of years they took on the tenancy of WHF.
More sadness was to hit them when it was found that they couldn't have children,which is when they adopted both Sheila and Jeremy.
