Irene Hansen ( Nee Thomas ) was born in Acton on the 20th August 1926. She attended Chiswick Girls Grammar School where she excelled at sport and maths. Irene married Ron 0n 22nd August 1953 and lived in Heston. She worked at Gillette’s on the A4 from the late 1960’s until her retirement aged 60. Irene was a committed spiritualist from her late forties and had a lifelong interest in the natural world.