My mother, Anne Murray, who has died aged 85, had a proud record of public service. From social housing to grassroots football and from community relations to co-operatives in Jamaica, she was involved with a host of causes, and her community work was driven by an overriding passion for social justice.
The youngest of five children of Frederick Wakeford, an engineer, and his wife, Violet, Anne joined the Labour party not long after leaving Dartford grammar school for girls, undeterred by her mothers dismissive comment that you stoop down and you pick nothing up.
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