Caroline Wilkinson  Caroline    was    educated    at    Netherseal    Primary    School    and    then Granville   School   at   Woodville.   She   used   to   play   a   lot   of   badminton and   tennis,   entering   some   open   competitions   in   both   singles   and doubles,   with   some   success   with   Julie   as   her   partner.   When   she   left school,   she   had   a   succession   of   jobs   and   didn’t   seem   to   have   any problems    when    she    decided    to    move    on.    Her    first    job    was    at Kathglow   Ltd,   Swadlincote,   doing   admin   work   as   part   of   her   YTS scheme.   She   then   moved   to   a   garage   at   Woodville,   Shobnall   School in   Burton   Stafordshire   Education   Dept   at   Stafford,   Blaydon   House School   in   Burton,   back   to   Shobnall   School,   Measham   Medical   Unit, all    doing    predominantly    admin/secretarial    duties.    She    eventually moved   up   to   Alnwick,   fulfilling   a   dream   she   had   always   had,   possibly because    she    was    born    there.    She    lived    with    Eileens    mother    and father   for   a   while,   but   eventually   rented   a   house   in   Bridge   Street before   buying   her   own   flat   at   Kings   Street   in   Alnwick.   The   string   of jobs    continued    there    as    she    worked    at    Wansbeck    Hospital    in Ashington   then   the   doctors   surgery   beside   Alnwick   Infirmary,   again admin   duties.      She   met   and   married   Carl   Brent,   a   taxi   driver   from   North   Shields,   sold   the   flat   and   bought   a   house   in   North Shields.   The   wedding   was   a   two   day   event   with   the   actual   wedding   being   in   the   Blacksmiths   at   Gretna   Green,   followed   the next   day   by   an   evening   buffet/disco   at   St   James   Park,   Newcastle.   The   string   of   jobs   continued.   When   she   moved   to   North Shields,   she   worked   in   customer   services   for   Orange,   next   was   an   admin   job   at   the   Immigration   Dept   again   at   North   Shields, then   she   moved   to   the   Quayside   at   Newcastle   working   for   the   Crown   Court   and   finally   the   County   Court.   They   have   two children,   Oliver   Michael,   born   8   May   2006   and   Andrew   John,   born   10   March   2009.   This   has   caused   her   to   work   part   time to juggle school and nursery duties with Carl, who works nights. Julie Wilkinson  Julie   was   educated   at   the   same   two   schools   as   Caroline,   but   on   finishing   Granville, she   went   to   Burton   Technical   College   for   two   years   on   a   pre-nursing   course.   When she   finished   there,   she   got   a   job   as   a   care   assistant   at   Haunton   Nursing   Home.   She always   wanted   to   be   a   full   time   nurse   and,   with   encouragement   from   the   Nursing Home   staff,   she   enrolled   on   a   three   year   Nurse   training   course   at   Wolverhampton University.   On   completing   this   in   1996,   she   got   a   job   at   Geoffrey   Hodges   wing,   a part   of   Burton   Hospital   as   a   Staff   Nurse.   In   the   meantime   she   met,   and   married, Richard   Smith,   a   golf   professional   at   Grimsby   Golf   Club.   Richard   was   previously married   to   Kerry   Leigh   Bielby,   born   1969   at   Cleethorpes,   Lincolnshire.   A   short marriage    as    they    were    divorced    in    1999.    Julie    transferred    her    job    to    Grimsby Hospital   and   moved   to   Great   Coates,   Grimsby.   They   got   married   at   Lindisfarne Castle   on   Holy   Island   on   29   May   2002   and   have   two   children,   Alex   James,   born   1 October   2003,   and   Summer   Louise,   born   11   December   2005.   When   she   was   old enough,   Julie   joined   the   village   tennis   club   and   enrolled   for   junior   coaching   with Nigel   Smith.   On   her   first   lesson,   she   was   asked   if   she   was   right   or   left   handed, answering   “left”.   She   then   proceeded   to   hit   the   ball   right   handed   which   bemused Nigel.   She   explained   that   she   was   left   handed   but   felt   more   comfortable   playing tennis   right   handed.   (Her   mother   is   also   left   handed   but   plays   golf   right   handed!) She   showed   some   promise   so   was   put   forward   to   the   county   siftings,   resulting   in her   being   adopted   into   the   county   coaching   scheme.   This   brought   about   her   being privately   coached   by   Eddy   Pateman   at   Allestree   Tennis   Club.   With   the   resulting improvement   to   her   game,   she   started   entering   quite   a   few   junior   open   tournaments,   winning   the   Derbyshire,   Leicester   and Shropshire   Under   16   events.   She   also   won   the   Derbyshire   Under   18   Closed   Tournament   when   she   was   15.   She   represented Derbyshire   at   Junior   County   Week   at   Poole   and   joined   regional   coaching   at   RAF   Newton.   I   think   this   was   where   the   love   of the   game   began   to   wear   off   due   to   more   emphasis   being   put   on   physical   fitness.   Star   jumps,   skipping   and   running   were   not her   forté.   She   also   began   to   realise   the   importance   of   her   career.   Richards   business   began   to   fail   and   he   ended   up   robbing Peter   to   pay   Paul.   He   lost   his   job   at   Grimsby   Golf   club   in   2012.   The   same   year   he   left   Julie   and   the   children.   Because   he   had a   bad   credit   record,   Julie   had   been   the   main   cardholder   on   several   credit   cards.   She   had   also   signed   for   a   Porsche   car   he   had bought   on   credit.   This   meant   that   she   was   responsible   for   most   of   his   debt   which   amounted   to   almost   £80,000.   Her   and   the children   moved   back   in   with   us   and   she   returned   to   work   at   Burton   Hospital,   the   children   transferred   to   Netherseal   primary