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- From Peter Cusins: "Aunty Joyce worked in the Post Office all her life. She lived with her parents, and then her mother at 62 Rose Street, Florida for many years. She never married but had a long and loving relationship with Percy STANTON. He had phthisis (silicosis from working underground in the mines, complicated by TB) and lived the last four years of his life in the WEBB home – tending the garden, etc. He would never stay too close to anyone for too long, in case they caught TB from him. He stayed outside for as long as possible each day, for the same reason. Both of them loved children, and I remember both of them as being fine, decent people. I got on well (as a child) with "Uncle Percy". He was a loner – like me. We would spend hours together, without ever having to say anything."
From Wendi Cusins: "I remember Aunty Joy as a beautiful, serene woman. Her long, waist-length gray hair, was usually fastened into a bun, but at times she would allow me to sit, for what seemed like hours, brushing her hair for her. I spent many a night sleeping over in her one-bedroomed flat in Florida and she would make "our favourite dish" – pork sausages, mash, and gem squash with butter and sugar. She was a gentle person and I never heard her utter a harsh word against anyone. In her flat she had many "treasures" – an old brass dinner bell, the display cabinet with trinkets, and the old gramophone, on top on which was a photo of her brother, Tarrant, in military uniform. It was a privilege for me to stand on a stool, remove the photo to a table, open up the flap of the gramophone, and carefully put my children's records on to play. Aunty Joy was always a willing audience to my singing and dancing "performances". She was skilled in handcrafts – knitting and crocheting - and once taught me how to tat lace. To this day, when I do intricate handcrafts, I have fond memories of Great Aunt Joy."
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