John Marlow (1937-2003)

John Marlow was born on 26 April 1937 in Leicester, his father, Martin Edward Marlow (16 March 1905- 23 September 1975), was 32 and his mother, Andrey Minnie Hylda Marlow (nee Simpson) (12 May 1905-27 February 1989), was 31. He had one brother, Christopher (14 April 1943-1 June 1989), who was born in Leicester. John died on 26 July 2003 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, at the age of 66.

John was in hospital (Leicester Royal Infirmary) in 1954 and 1957, but was kept busy with a number of letters he received. It seems he made a few friends whilst on the ward as they kept in touch after John was discharged. His part of the collection contain letters written to his home in Leicester and to him in hospital from friends and relatives.

A generation earlier, there are letters to Mina (Wilhelmina) Banks of Market Street, Clay Cross (1898-23 February 1964) who I believe to be related to John. Most of her letters concern a young man, Edward Lewis Towndrow (born in Chesterfield in 1894), who died 21st February 1927. He had written an affectionate letter to Mina on the 15th August 1926 from where he was staying on holiday in Torquay. On the 15th November 1927 Mina bought a stone memorial to 32 year old Edward. Her part of the archive contains some letters from friends and relatives expressing their condolences and sadness at Edward’s death.

The researched Marlow family history is here (13):

The collection of letters was acquired on the 11th November 2019:

John Marlow (1937-2003) page two here