Local Faces: Nigel and Margaret Copelin Both Margaret and Nigel came to Wendover for work related reasons, from small villages north of Aylesbury, and each thought Wendover a thriving big town: a High Street abuzz with local shoppers having most of their needs easily met. Another highlight was the large number of pubs! They've been here around 45 years and in their present house nearly 37 years while bringing up four children who all live elsewhere now and have given them seven grandchildren aged 17½ to 2½ . Margaret came to work in Brown & Merry Estate Agent while Nigel wanted somewhere nearer to his work which involved river water and he was then based in Amersham. Over the years, Margaret and Nigel have become very involved with many aspects of Wendover life. Margaret's work trajectory took her from
office work to working with children, ultimately in Wendover Preschool at
Wendover Memorial Hall, giving her a strong were not allowed to visit or carry out these connection with growing families and hence simple tasks. While realising that no-one she became embedded into Wendover life. wants to be beholden to their neighbours, least of all we British, Margaret in particular Nigel stuck to working with river water found that the new relationships they were quality, first of all with that elusive chalk developing gave her an inner satisfaction stream, the Misbourne, and then with the she hadn't anticipated. Thames from Oxford. This inspired him to walk the Grand Union Canal from London As the lockdowns came one after the other to Birmingham to raise money for Leukemia culminating in our current "fully boosted" Research and the MS Centre. Nigel served on stage, most of their neighbours were able Friends of John Hampden School, Wendover to return to their former self sufficient state, Carnival Committee and the Coombe Hill often with family support, but Margaret and Nigel are still there in case of emergency. Run, raising money for local charities. They have noticed that the initial feeling When the call came from Wendover was very much universal fear of going out, Parish Council, they joined the Warden as instructed by the Government. Some Scheme because they wanted to help seemed frightened even to open their their neighbours as the country went into front door to a familiar face, but now their lockdown. As long standing residents, they neighbours have learned how to order already knew the neighbours near to them deliveries and are able to go about their but now they took on the responsibility business as before, still observing sensible of collecting prescriptions and generally precautions and enjoying the opportunity to making sure they were well provisioned and take more exercise, which came as a surprise often took the place of family members who to some!
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