Victoria Hall will always be remembered as her family’s “dancing angel”, the girl with a “golden smile”.
She was like any teenager, vibrant, excited at the prospect of life ahead, and who loved spending time with her friends.
Her closest friends had no doubt that she was loyal, trustworthy, and reliable – that she would always be there for you.
Born in autumn 1981, she was baptised at Bildeston Church, where her grandfather served for some years as churchwarden.
The family moved to Trimley St Mary before she began school at the village primary.
As a small child she enjoyed family holidays with her mum and dad, Lorinda and Graham, brother Steven, and grandparents. She gained her gold swimming medal, played her recorder and was a “bright, vibrant family member”.
She was a member of the Discoverers Sunday School at Trimley Church, and the Brownies. She loved to dance, adored children, and enjoyed her Saturday job at Strides clothes shop in Felixstowe town centre.
As she grew up, she harboured ambitions of becoming a teacher. Her own teachers described her as a hardworking, conscientious, model student, who was happy, bright and thoughtful and enjoyed working with people.
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At sixth form at Orwell High School, Vicky – as she was often called, especially by her friends – was working for A levels in business studies, English and sociology. She was a key member of the school’s Young Enterprise Project, and her organisational skills were an important part of its success.
At weekends she liked to socialise with the tight-knit group of friends she had grown up with, like sisters – sharing happy times, occasional ups and downs, rows over boys, playing, chatting and laughing, sleepovers and nights out.
The girls had formed their own band Energy, making up songs and dance routines and even recording themselves for fun.
On another occasion they dressed as the Spice Girls with blonde Vicky as Baby Spice. Two of them and Vicky dressed as Rugrats and entered Trimley Carnival, winning first prize.
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