Whitbread Tankard

This necklace belonged to my Gran (Joice Glass) who won the Whitbread Tankard for playing bowls and my grandfather bought her the silver chain to put it onto. It’s quite a chunky item and not like the jewellery that she normally wore which was fine and elegant. She gave the chain and tankard to me as a present about 15 years ago and I wear it all the time. My Gran was a radar girl in the Second World War, scanning the air for threats to the Home Front with a few adventures along the way. I was born on her birthday, April 2^nd, and we were always close up until she passed away at the age of 89 in 2012. I remember her and her life through this necklace and having it makes me feel closer to her memory.