Doris Marnie Maynard

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Born	17 DEC 1920
Died	MAR 1984
Parents	Frank Maynard (Father) Family Elizabeth Sarah Morley (Mother) Family
Marriage	Joseph Ronald Lamb — 11 JAN 1941 at St. John's Church, Redhill Family Page

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In their lifetime

Born in the reign of George V

Birth

17 Dec 1920

Born
Age 2

28 Apr 1923

First FA Cup final at Wembley
Age 3

22 Jan 1924

First Labour government
Age 5

26 Jan 1926

John Logie Baird demonstrates television
Age 5

3 May 1926

General Strike begins
Age 7

2 Jul 1928

Women get the vote on equal terms with men
Age 7

Sep 1928

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Age 8

Oct 1929

Wall Street Crash begins the Great Depression
Age 9

5 Oct 1930

R101 airship disaster
Age 15

20 Jan 1936

Accession of Edward VIII
Age 15

2 Nov 1936

BBC begins the world's first regular television service
Age 15

11 Dec 1936

Accession of George VI

Reigned 1936–1952
Age 15

11 Dec 1936

Edward VIII abdicates
Age 16

12 Apr 1937

Frank Whittle runs the first jet engine
Age 18

1939–1945

Britain declares war on Germany: Second World War begins
Age 19

26 May 1940

Dunkirk evacuation begins
Age 19

10 Jul 1940

Battle of Britain begins
Age 19

1940–1941

The Blitz
Age 20

11 Jan 1941

Married Joseph Ronald Lamb at St. John's Church, Redhill
Age 21

23 Oct 1942

Battle of El Alamein
Age 21

1 Dec 1942

Beveridge Report published
Age 23

6 Jun 1944

D-Day landings
Age 23

3 Aug 1944

Education Act creates free secondary schooling
Age 24

8 May 1945

VE Day
Age 24

15 Aug 1945

VJ Day
Age 26

15 Aug 1947

India and Pakistan become independent
Age 27

22 Jun 1948

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury
Age 27

5 Jul 1948

National Health Service launched
Age 27

29 Jul 1948

London hosts the Olympic Games
Age 29

1950–1953

Korean War begins
Age 31

6 Feb 1952

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II

Reigned 1952–2022
Age 31

5 Dec 1952

Great Smog of London
Age 32

31 Jan 1953

North Sea flood
Age 32

28 Feb 1953

Crick and Watson announce the structure of DNA
Age 32

29 May 1953

Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
Age 32

2 Jun 1953

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Age 33

6 May 1954

Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
Age 33

4 Jul 1954

Food rationing ends
Age 34

22 Sep 1955

ITV launches
Age 35

5 Jul 1956

Clean Air Act
Age 35

29 Oct 1956

Suez Crisis
Age 36

4 Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 launched: the Space Age begins
Age 37

6 Feb 1958

Munich air disaster

Eight Manchester United players among the dead.
Age 37

9 Jun 1958

Gatwick Airport officially opened

In Sussex.
Age 38

25 Jul 1959

First hovercraft crosses the Channel
Age 41

5 Oct 1962

The Beatles release their first single
Age 42

1962–1963

The Big Freeze

One of the coldest winters on record.
Age 42

22 Nov 1963

President Kennedy assassinated
Age 44

24 Jan 1965

Sir Winston Churchill dies
Age 44

8 Nov 1965

Death penalty for murder suspended
Age 45

30 Jul 1966

England win the World Cup
Age 45

21 Oct 1966

Aberfan disaster
Age 46

27 Oct 1967

Abortion Act
Age 48

2 Mar 1969

First flight of Concorde
Age 48

20 Jul 1969

First Moon landing
Age 50

15 Feb 1971

Decimal Day
Age 52

1 Jan 1973

Britain joins the European Economic Community
Age 55

21 Jan 1976

Concorde enters passenger service
Age 55

Jun 1976

The heatwave and drought of summer 1976
Age 56

7 Jun 1977

Queen's Silver Jubilee
Age 57

25 Jul 1978

Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born
Age 58

4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
Age 59

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon shot dead
Age 60

29 Jul 1981

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
Age 61

2 Apr 1982

Falklands War
Age 63

Mar 1984

Died
Age 63

1984–1985

Miners' strike