Tributes made to 'exceptional' Wokingham Morris dancer

Ann Wilson, known to many as Annie, was a Wokingham resident who loved to dance and kept on dancing into her 80s (Although she "never discussed her age",), according to her friends.

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Before moving to Heathlands Road, Wokingham, she was a Crowthorne resident living with her husband Alec, who worked at the local Transport Reasearch Authority.

Annie joined the Hurst Morris People (HuMP) in the 1990s, and attended WAT Dance English, a country dance group, during this time.

Mary Esslemont, of Earley, and Margaret and Mike Russell were friends of Mrs Wilson, saying: “Annie was a popular member of her folk dance groups.

"Audiences were struck by her happy smiling face as she danced. She often brought her sister June along to watch.

“Her friendly, sociable nature meant she took part fully in everything.

"After dancing at a pub or fete she would join the musicians with her tambourine or spoons which she played with relish.

“On her travels with HuMP she was the life and soul of the party with many funny stories.

Annie Wilson dancing at the Jolly Farmer, Hurst. Pic: Sue Corcoran

"She also took part in our annual mummers’ play dressed as a green dragon.”

Annie’s sister, June Forbes, of Banbury, said: "Annie had worked at an Egham research laboratory where she met Alec, before joining British Overseas Airways Corporation at Heathrow airport.

"She’d seen the aircraft and wished to travel. She worked in the office and then transferred to British European Airways, working on the check in desks and sorting out problems.”

She then worked for Pan American World Airways, of which she would often recount with sadness about the time she helped check-in flight 103, which is most infamous for being the plane that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

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Annie's family would like to thank Horton General Hospital at Banbury for all their support and care for Annie.

Her funeral is on May 18 at noon.

For details of a video link to see the service, contact Edd Frost and Daughters undertakers, Banbury on 01295 404004.

Donations in Annie’s memory can be made to: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/donations-in-memory-of-ann-wilson.