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Joan Mary Bristow

Joan Mary Bristow

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Born 16 MAR 1928 , Lewisham
Died 16 APR 1961 , Hastings
Parents Alfred Bristow (Father) Family
Pat Bulford (Mother) Family
Marriage Ronald James Gordon Winchester — 6 NOV 1945 at Lewisham Family Page
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In their lifetime
Born in the reign of George V
  • Birth
    16 Mar 1928
    Born at Lewisham
  • 3 months
    2 Jul 1928
    Women get the vote on equal terms with men
  • 6 months
    Sep 1928
    Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
  • Age 1
    Oct 1929
    Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
  • Age 2
    5 Oct 1930
    R101 airship disaster
  • Age 7
    20 Jan 1936
    Accession of Edward VIII
  • Age 8
    2 Nov 1936
    BBC begins the world's first regular television service
  • Age 8
    11 Dec 1936
    Accession of George VI
    Reigned 1936–1952
  • Age 8
    11 Dec 1936
    Edward VIII abdicates
  • Age 9
    12 Apr 1937
    Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
  • Age c. 10
    1938
    Mother Pat died
  • Age 11
    1939–1945
    Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
  • Age 12
    26 May 1940
    Dunkirk evacuation begins
  • Age 12
    10 Jul 1940
    Battle of Britain begins
  • Age 12
    1940–1941
    The Blitz
  • Age 14
    23 Oct 1942
    Battle of El Alamein
  • Age 14
    1 Dec 1942
    Beveridge Report published
  • Age 16
    6 Jun 1944
    D-Day landings
  • Age 16
    3 Aug 1944
    Education Act creates free secondary schooling
  • Age 17
    8 May 1945
    VE Day
  • Age 17
    15 Aug 1945
    VJ Day
  • Age 17
    6 Nov 1945
    Married Ronald James Gordon Winchester at Lewisham
  • Age 19
    15 Aug 1947
    India and Pakistan become independent
  • Age 20
    22 Jun 1948
    HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
  • Age 20
    5 Jul 1948
    National Health Service launched
  • Age 20
    29 Jul 1948
    London hosts the Olympic Games
  • Age 22
    1950–1953
    Korean War begins
  • Age 23
    6 Feb 1952
    Accession of Queen Elizabeth II
    Reigned 1952–2022
  • Age 24
    5 Dec 1952
    Great Smog of London
  • Age 24
    31 Jan 1953
    North Sea flood
  • Age 24
    28 Feb 1953
    Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
  • Age 25
    29 May 1953
    Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
  • Age 25
    2 Jun 1953
    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Age 26
    6 May 1954
    Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
  • Age 26
    4 Jul 1954
    Food rationing ends
  • Age 27
    22 Sep 1955
    ITV launches
  • Age 28
    5 Jul 1956
    Clean Air Act
  • Age 28
    29 Oct 1956
    Suez Crisis
  • Age 29
    4 Oct 1957
    Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
  • Age 29
    6 Feb 1958
    Munich air disaster
    Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
  • Age 30
    9 Jun 1958
    Gatwick Airport officially opened
    In Sussex.
  • Age 31
    25 Jul 1959
    First hovercraft crosses the Channel
  • Age 33
    16 Apr 1961
    Died at Hastings