Iris was born in December 1936 in Islington near Kings Cross, and lived with her parents and Grandparents until the outbreak of world war two, when they moved to Alexandra Park to avoid the Blitz. As an only child in her formative years she spent a lot of time in the company of her cousin Freda who used to take her out and about. Following her education at Glendale Grammar School Iris found employment at Dunlop Clothing and Waterproofs in Edmonton as a shorthand typist, and it was on a firm's social club trip to Southend that the coach stopped at "The Fortune of War" public house. A small band was playing, John asked her for a dance and that set the scene for the next fifty years. They were married at St Saviours Church in November 1958, and after a breif honeymoon at Windor, they set up home in a furnished flat in Muswell Hill, before moving to another flat in Alexandra Park where in 1961 the first addition to the family, Linda, was born In 1962 thay came on a visit to a friends in Eastwood, liked the area and purchased a small bungalow in Flamboro Close. In 1964 the family moved again into a new property in Tudor Road. Where shortly after their second child, James, was born. He was followed 2 years later by Steven and to complete the family Richard arrived. Life was not easy in those early years and Iris took on evening jobs, shelf stacking in a local supermarket, then went on to production work at MTE, to supplement the family income. In September 1981 Iris went to work at Acess-later-FDR as an "afternoon lady," pulling vouchers, and she was to work ther for the next 18 years, gaing full time employment eventually retiring as Supervisor of her department. Iris was highly regarded and made many friends at FDR, two of whome, Dee and Liz she regulary lunched with until her illness prevented it. A motor caravan provided family holiday whne the children were young but as they married and move on, trips abroad became the thing, with three trips to Florida and one to California (Iris loved Vagas) and many trips to the Greek Islands, all in the company of good friends Roger and Jean. When retirement beckoned so did caravaning, and in the last few years much travelling was done around England, Scotland and Wales, in the company of her great friends Win, Ted, Molly and Peter. Also around this time came the intrest in short mat bowling, and whilst Iris was not a sporty person, Bowling became a great part of her life and she made many friends at St Andrews. Recently a move into a bungalow was considered, but was quickly rejected- who wants to move away from good friends and neighbours, especially a great neighbour like Audery who cared for the tortoise and her plants while she was away. Iris loved her garden though it was not very regimented. When John complained of plants encroaching on the lawn she merley shrugged and said, "well thats what plants do". Iris was very proud of her family, with her 9 grandchildren, Laura, Philip,David,Victoria,Ann-Marie,Josh,Glenn,Micheal and Samuel and one great grandchild, baby Grace. In 2008 plans were made to celebrate Iris and Johns Golden Wedding Anniversary, with a Sunday lunch for around 60 of her friends and family, but sadly this had to be cancelled when Iris became ill. Iris was a lady who saw good in everybody and always gave everyone the benifit of the doubt. Her glass was always half full and never half empty. Iris will be sadly missed by all who knew her.