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Bygone Days
Mr. and Mrs. Yelland and "Yelland's Shop"
The team at St. Dennis.org.uk would like to thank
Mrs.Maureen Reeve née Yelland for the article and photographs below.


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Addition - 1st. February 2020

It is with much sadness we learn that Lilian Yelland died peacefully on Tuesday 28th January 2020.
Her funeral will be at Charlton Park Crematorium  Andover on Tuesday 25th February at 11:00am.
At a later date Lilian will be interred with her husband Frank at  St Dennis Cemetery.

The St.Dennis website team offer their condolences to Maureen and her family.



My parents Lilian and Richard (known as Frank) Yelland took over the shop at Trelavour Square (known as Yelland's Shop) in the late 1940's. Frank did decorating and painting and Lilian managed the shop which was open all hours. The shop sold everything - groceries, vegetables, sweets, paint, wallpaper. They were there for over 20 years and very much enjoyed it, making a lot of friends in the village. Unfortunately in September 1966 Frank died suddenly of a heart attack and Lilian stayed and ran the shop for a few years and then sold it. Lilian lived in the village for a short time in a bungalow called "Rosedew"and then moved to live with myself, my husband Colin and our family for about 27 years. In 1995 at the age of 95 Lilian became ill and went to Willow Court Nursing Home in Andover, Hampshire where she celebrated her 100th. birthday with a card from the Queen. Lilian is still at the nursing home and has now achieved the age of 105. She has received her second card from the Queen.

Maureen Reeve - October 2019


Yellands 01
Yelland's Shop in 1960
Yellands 02
Mrs. Lilian Yelland aged 105
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Mrs. Lilian Yelland aged 105
Yellands 04
A message from Queen Elizabeth II