Florence, a former Primary School Teacher, was born in North London. After marriage she lived in South London, Sussex, Cambridgeshire and French Canada before moving to Littlehampton, where her last twelve years of teaching were in a Littlehampton school.

After retirement Florence spent 12 years as a volunteer with Littlehampton Citizens Advice Bureau, the last six as Social Policy Co-ordinator. At the same time , and for the same number of years, she worked as a volunteer in Littlehampton Musuem.  She is a former school governor of a Littlehampton primary school.  Florence is an active Quaker and a member of the Littlehampton Quaker Meeting.

She has been a member of Arun U3A since very early on, joining the Discussion Group when it used to meet in Zachery Merton Hospital. She is still a member of that group and also goes to one of the Book Groups, French Conversation and a Play Reading Group.

She says U3A has developed her social life enormously.