Valerie was the youngest of four daughters to Lionel and Gertrude Row. Valerie grew up in St Thomas, Exeter and Exeter was always the place she called "home" . As a very young child she was a keen dancer, an avid reader and learnt to play the piano. Valerie was close to her sisters Eileen , Doreen and Margaret and as child looked up to them and as an adult counted them amongst her closest of friends. Family was most important to her. At the age of 19 Valerie married Laurence Bennett in 1958 and their first child a daughter followed the following year , three sons followed in 1963 , 1967 and 1971. Valerie and Laurence left Exeter in 1964 and moved to Bristol , further moves took them to Northampton and finally Aylesbury,
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