Sally was born on 7th August 1958 in Newark on Trent , Nottinghamshire. 
To John (Jack) and Beryl who ran a newsagents and stationers shop in the centre of town.
Sally liked to help in the shop and particularly liked selling greetings cards out of the boxes. The 3 year old Sally was heard to ask “Do you want an open card, or a specific?”
The “help” was not always appreciated, but then, the fountain pen cabinet should not have been left unlocked.
Sally’s father died of lung cancer when she was 3 years old so she and her mother had to leave the shop and moved to the home she lived in until leaving to get married.
Sally went to Lovers Lane infant and junior school. She became friends with Corinna, a friendship which lasted all her life. She was given the job of ringing the school bell at play times because she had a watch. She still had her “Monitress" badge.
Sally’s mother died when she was 6 years old. Auntie Joan was appointed her guardian. Auntie Joan and Grandma moved in with Sally to look after her.
Sally then attended the Lilley and Stone high school where she developed her love of languages, taking exams in French, German and Spanish, and forged some more lasting friendships. 
After debating whether to study librarianship or teaching she chose teaching. She went to the Doncaster College of Education to study French and English and train as a nursery and infants teacher.
Here she again made some more friends for life, among them art student Edwin. Edwin accompanied Sally to the Valentine’s Ball in the Student’s  Union as neither had an escort for the evening. Two friends had a 5p bet as to whether or not Edwin would kiss Sally. Sally said he was too much of a gentleman.
Over the next week Sally and Edwin bonded and officially became a couple on 21st February 1977. An observable feast with cards and presents. They got engaged on this date 2 years later.
During this time Sally studied in Tours, France for 6 weeks. Here she made more friends and kept in touch.
After college the couple were looking for work, Edwin got a job in Bradford for a term and decided to stay.
After the disappointment of being unable to attend a friend’s wedding because of a transport strike Sally decided that she wanted a wedding of her own. With determination and knowing exactly what she wanted, she organised the wedding in 3 months with the support of Auntie Joan and “professional” bridesmaid, Karen.
After a few odd jobs, including stuffing Teddy bears, Sally got a job for 6 weeks at the University of Bradford Library, she stayed there for 34½ years.
In the early years, especially working at the Management Library, Sally got to know some of the students quite well and still exchanged Christmas cards with one or two. She would always go the extra mile to help someone for example,  by checking their English, “encouraging” them to get on with their dissertation or darning their jumper.
Throughout her life Sally was plagued by ill health, but that did not dampen her resolve to do the right thing and help people. Often, from her hospital bed she would send Edwin into work with instructions to ensure that a promise to a student was fulfilled.
During her time at the University, Sally became an avid charity fundraiser. With her colleagues she set up and managed the Colour Days initiative. Staff who wanted to join in were encouraged to wear a chosen colour each Wednesday and put some money in a jar for charity. Over the years well over £10,000 was raised for over 40 charities.
Sally eventually left the University, taking “early" retirement in December 2018, after making even more lasting friendships. She went to work as a volunteer in the Barnardo’s shop near home. Sally thought it appropriate that she had returned to her roots and was delighted when she was able to help somebody with the greetings cards. She felt that her life had truly come “full circle".
One ambition since her teens was to learn Italian and travel to Italy. She began to teach herself the language, hoping to find a tutor if ever the lockdowns stopped. 
To illustrate just how skilled a linguist she was, Italian is such a difficult and complicated language that, apparently, even native speakers are reluctant to study it. Sally would complain about the difficulty, but then explain to Edwin in detail just what all the difficulties are. She could do it, she just needed the practice and someone to help her with it.
 Sadly, her ambition was not to be fulfilled as her life was cut short by cancer. On January 8th 2022 Sally passed away peacefully at home with Edwin by her side.