Tribute: Valerie Moir 1934 – 2020
Val was a long term resident of Wendover, arriving in 1971, and staying in the same house on the Tring Rd for the rest of her life. There she raised her two sons and welcomed her two grandchildren.
in miniature models of people’s houses. T h e s e commissions were quite o f t e n surprise presents and Val could be seen discreetly measuring and photoing the original to ensure the copy was as accurate as possible.
She was originally born in Ealing but evacuation to Long Crendon gave her a life long love of the country and country ways. She worked on farms in the 1950s with one of her strongest memories being the sense of community working in the fields accompanied by singing. These were the days before the transistor radio and where horses were still in everyday employ. She kept pigs. In 1957 she sold six for a total of £84. History, both local and national, was another fascination. For the centenary of the First In 1959 she married Stewart and they moved World War Val researched and published first to Tylers Green near High Wycombe and monthly bulletins in Wendover News. For then on to Wendover. Her sons, Alastair and four and a half years she covered events Alexander, were born in 1961 and 1962. on the front and what was happening back home in a typical English community. She, Her love of children led first to becoming an with Stewart, her late husband, published infant helper and then to train as a teacher. a thoroughly researched and well received Her first job was at Halton School. Later she guide to the pubs of Wendover, most now specialised in more challenging children at unfortunately lost. There was also a book on Hengrove School in St Leonards. Her firm all the Wendover men lost in the war. but fair approach was respected by both the When the new flats were being built near children and the headteachers. Clay Lane the developers wanted a name Val was an enthusiast with many interests. for the close with no relevance to location. She was a talented potter and as well as Val fought against the anodyne and with her the usual bowls and dishes she specialised local history knowledge suggested “Juson’s
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She loved meeting people and was always eager to hear others’ thoughts and views. She would look beyond the superficial and find things in people that others missed. Her overriding sense of fairness meant that she would never prejudge and would put herself out on a limb to ensure, where possible, that justice was done. She was not afraid to speak the truth where it may not have been welcomed.
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Val was a member of the U3A and Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. She studied her own family history and took her roots back to Oxfordshire and Ross and Cromarty. She was a keen gardener and many stopped to admire the neat and always colourful beds and box hedging on their way up the hill. The “Father Christmas” hats on the topiary always raised a smile.
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