One evening she and a friend went to a Fancy Dress Dance with a friend dressed as Little Girls in Blue and met my future grandfather - Martin Claude Murrills. Claude worked in Gt Yarmouth at the time and used to cycle over to Lowestoft and back before breakfast to be able to see Fan. (Fan is on the right of the photo).

Parker & Watson Fan second from left Olive (sister) third from left	Fan & Olive - sisters
Stead & Simpsons - Kirkley	Claude and Fan were married on 30 September 1907 in St Mathew's Church, Ipswich. Unfortunately no photos exist of their wedding. Claude became manager of Stead & Simpson in Kirkley, Lowestoft.
Claude and Fan had three children, Jack, Joy and (still living). Claude volunteered for the army during World War I. He knew he was likely to be called up and didn't fancy going to sea. From reading through letters I think that he probably joined up in June 1917.He fought in the Battle of the Somme. In He was taken ill in November 1917 through being in dreadful conditions in the trenches. He was taken to Le Havre hospital and on 28 December 1917 was transferred to a convalescent hospital in England. I remember grandpa telling me stories of the trenches, of how a shell was fired from a canon and just missed the top of his head. An inch taller and he would have been dead. He told me how kind the nurses were when he was in hospital, they would walk into Le Havre before breakfast to get oranges for the patients. I think that grandpa must have been shell shocked after the war. He was retired from Stead & Simpson and Nanny (as we called Fan) rented 219 London Road Lowestoft and took in boarders. Money must have been difficult. Grandpa's two sisters did not marry and had not been brought up to work, Grandpa helped them for a while but was unable to continue.
The Murrills Family Edie & Jack Murrills Fan & Claude Murrills Joy Murrills & brother (living)	Fan & Claude Golden Wedding Family Group at Golden Wedding The author is left - front row