Temperance ALSTON [6390]

  General Notes:

Born at Odell Castle and lived at Cox's Close, Little Odell,
Bedfordshire. Emigrated to Australia in 1961.

Womens Land Army Bedfordshire.
Temperance Alston
Date of birth29 July 1920
Place of birthOdell, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA2 February 1942
Left WLA16 April 1948
WLA No.63977
Trained[not known]
EmployedWorked at Felmersham Grange and for the War Ag. from Bolnhurst Hostel.
Married namePaine
Further informationFormer clerk, aged 21. Demobbed.

Obituary
Temperance Alston-Payne 29th July 1920 - 8th November 2011
We recently received an email from Susan Perrett in Queensland, Australia, informing us of the death of Temperance Alston-Payne.
Temperance died peacefully in her sleep on November 8th 2011, at the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She was 91.
Some people in Odell will remember Temperance, who had a long association with Odell and was in fact the last person to be born in Odell Castle, in 1920. In spite of living in far-away Australia Temperance had stayed in touch with many people in England and had kept a keen interest in Odell, reading the magazine and often sending letters shedding light on life in Odell in days gone by.
Temperance was always spoken of with great fondness by those who knew her in Odell and Australia.

Do you remember me ever mentioning a Temperance Alston-Payne? She was the last person to be born at Odell Castle in 1920, before it burnt down. Well she also died last November, a week before Michael. She was living in Brisbane and I used to see a lot of her when we lived up there. But she was 91, so had, had a good run of her life. Had been a Land Girl during the war in Bedfordshire, mainly around the Odell area and villages. She had lots of stories about life in those days. Never married till the late 1980's and did not have any children. So now her brother is dead - years ago - that branch of the family has died out. Though her brother Crewe did marry, did not have children, but adopted a boy, who was the son of his wife and re-named him Alston. Susan Perrett 21 Apr 2012

  Research Notes:

WW2 Images courtesy of Stuart Antrobus 2005 website

  Other Records

1. Temperance Alston: Images from her life.

Temperance married Roderick PAYNE [6391] [MRIN: 2142] in Jun 1988 in Sydney NSW Australia. (Roderick PAYNE [6391] was born on 9 Feb 1909 in Australia and died in Sep 1998 in Beenleigh Qeensland Aust..)