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The Crematorium I went to Kensal Green crematorium and asked the man in charge of the office about the cremation. He informed me that Bobby was cremated by the social services and that her ashes were kept for one year, and that no family came to collect them, after which they were scattered between the other graves, as in other cases of this kind.  He didn’t think that there was anyone at the cremation. He suggested
that I ask Social Services in the Town Hall. There was nothing in
the book of remembrance. It was if Bobby had not existed. I decided
then that I would find out all I could about Bobby and that she
would not be discarded as it were, and would not be forgotten. This
was important for Bobby and for me. Treverton Towers Next I went to Treverton Towers, a council tower block in W10 where Bobby was found dead at the rear of the block with multiple injuries on March 19th 1987. I asked the caretaker if he knew of the incident, but he knew nothing. He said that all the people who lived in the council block then had either died or moved away. Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall Social Services Next I went to Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall Social Services Department. A very kind woman there helped by telephoning the right department and explaining the situation.  
They said that I should
ring them again in a couple of weeks and hopefully they would be
able to give me information; and they did. It seemed that Bobby had
a probation officer for many years named Tim Miller and that he went
to the cremation. I remember Bobby saying she had a friend called
Tim Miller, so I knew that he must have been kind to Bobby. But how
could I find him?
Notting Hill probation office told me that Tim Miller used to work there a very long time ago, but that he had left
the probation service and they had no record of his whereabouts. I
spent days ringing probation offices in Kensington Hammersmith and
Westminster but without success, finally talking to a central office
near Westminster. They told me that all records were destroyed after
ten years so they wouldn’t have any information from the seventies
and early eighties anyway.
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| Pictures: Kensal Green crematorium; Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall; Notting Hill probation office. |
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