Lily Stokes was the wife of Dennis Stokes who was a member of Weatherfield Golf Club where Fred Elliott and Mike Baldwin also played. The two men met Dennis and Lily (who was caddying for him) during a bad-tempered match in May 2004 when Fred became intrigued to hear that the two had met on the internet and they had got married a mere month after she flew in from the orient. The more that Fred saw Lily and witnessed her amenable ways, the more he was taken with the idea that he too should obtain a Thai bride.