John Stanley Stringer, died 1967, Luton.

[jonw65]

John Stanley Stringer was in the newspapers on several occasions
He and Ethel broke up?

Luton area
In the mid sixties, up to 1968, there was a John S Stringer at 80 Caravan Site, Woodside, The Grove, Caddington.
Living with Rosa Stringer

Rosa Stringer was on her own at the caravan site on the 1969 electoral register.
So it looks like it's him.

Possible marriage, March 1963, Barnet 5a 1639
John S Stringer + Rosa Magnante

[Dundee]

Freebmd shows 2 Stringer/Waller births 1945 & 1948 - one of whom will be your friends father.

How did John have a grandson born in 1960? 

Debra 

[CaroleW]

Good question.  Eldest son was only 22 & youngest 19

[IMBER]

Thanks to all. Much appreciated. I'll consider and respond in the morning. Carole, unfortunately the 1948 sibling died quite young.

[CaroleW]

As Dundee says- your friends friend cannot be the grandson of John Stanley Stringer.  You say the grandson was 7yrs old when JSS died in 1967 which means he was born 1960

Given his father was only born in 1945 - it's just not possible.

[CaroleW]

Re 1963 marriage shown by John above.  A child was born to that marriage also in 1963

[IMBER]

Apologies for confusion. My misunderstanding. Seems the grandson was born in 1974. As regards the 1922 birth the family mention in London I note that there was one for John S Stringer in Romford RD that year. I’m trying to get more feedback from the family on this one.

CaroleW. Thanks for the Edith Waller remarriage and death details, also the 1963 birth which I've now located.

Mckha489. Thanks for the pointer re the mother’s cremation. I don’t think they knew anything about that. Would you mind giving me has birth details and year/source for the Harrow cremation, please?

Jonw65. Thanks. That seems to pin down the likely death locality nicely. Where can I access the news articles you mention, please? Might be better to access these myself than discuss the content openly in this forum?

[mckha489]

The burial of Phyllis Gwendoline STRINGER is in the
London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003  set on Ancestry

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1559

The newspaper mentions can be seen either on FindMyPast or on the British Newspaper Archive. On the latter you can get a good idea of the gist of them from the preview clips, if you want to see the full article you can get the first 3 for free if you have never registered with them before. It might be all you need.  (confusingly there are some brothers John & Stanley Stringer so you have to make sure you are looking at the right ones)

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=john%20stanley%20stringer&retrievecountrycounts=false

And I forgot to add.

the Romford birth is not the right one

STRINGER, JOHN  SOLOMON     PHILLIPS 
GRO Reference: 1922  J Quarter in ROMFORD  Volume 04A  Page 968

where as

STRINGER, JOHN  STANLEY     HALL 
GRO Reference: 1921  S Quarter in BIRMINGHAM  Volume 06D  Page 552

the corresponding marriage HALL/STRINGER was in 1918, Darlington and the names match the 1939 register and the burial posted - the burial and the address in the newspaper articles are a match.

[jonw65]

confusingly there are some brothers John & Stanley Stringer so you have to make sure you are looking at the right ones

Those pesky brothers
Another search result to get rid of them on BNA
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01sff/