::: Biography :::

Above: A photo of Lynne taken for Inside Soap magazine, 2004

Born:
7 April 1931

As:
Jean Dudley

In:
Rotherham
South Yorkshire

To:
Eric and Agnes Dudley

Siblings:
Keith and Barry (stage name Duggie Brown) Dudley

Married:
Derrick Barksby on 14 October 1950 in Rotherham Town Hall

Children:
One son to Derrick, Stephen, born on 14 May 1951

Died:
24 March 2006
aged 74
in Maltby
South Yorkshire

Funeral:
On 5 April 2006
at Herringthorpe Crematorium
Rotherham

Cremation:
at the Rotherham Crematorium

Ashes Scattered:
in the Crematorium's spring garden

Education:
Rotherham High School for Girls

First Jobs:
Dispenser at Boots the chemist
Stocking factory worker
Bus conductress

Hobbies:
included sewing, baking and greyhound racing