A loving mother is preparing for a charity fashion show to be held in memory of her beautiful daughter, who would have celebrated her 21st birthday on May 3.

 It has been almost two years since 19-year-old Jess Quayle was fatally struck down by a speeding car while out walking her beloved black labrador Gypsy with her cousin Sandy Nevinson. There has not been a day since that her mother Christine Quayle, 44, of 15 Ainslie Street, Dalton has not grieved and questioned the untimely loss of her bright and kind daughter. 

On Saturday 7 May Mrs Quayle will celebrate what would have been her daughter's 21st with a charity event involving fashion, friends, music and dancing - things that Jess, who was so often the life and soul of the party, would have enjoyed. Mrs Quayle said: "We would like to raise as much money as possible for the Children's Ward at Furness General Hospital. I feel that it would have been a cause Jess would be proud to support. She was training to be a nurse and I know she would want to help in any way she could. 

"It is important to me that I do something for Jess's 21st birthday, because she always told me she wanted a big party when she turned 21. For her 18th she just had a night out with the girls in Lancaster and always said she would do something bigger for her 21st. Although I don't feel I can properly celebrate the day now that Jess is gone, I didn't want to let it pass by and do nothing. That is when I decided on the charity fashion show." 

Mrs Quayle described her daughter as bubbly, beautiful and clever, with a laugh that you would never forget. She said: "Jess had one of those laughs that could make everyone else laugh when they heard it, she was well known for it. She also had the most perfect teeth and beautiful smile - she was radiant. 

"She was very bright at school and worked hard both at Dowdales and Kendal College. She once thought about joining the Merchant Navy but when she studied in Kendal it became clear that nursing was her calling. She achieved brilliant grades and chose to attend Chester University. 

"Jess was in her first year when she was killed but I believe she would have had a very successful career caring for others and I know that she dreamed of moving away to Australia for a while." Jess was a wonderful older sister to 14-year-old brother Harry Oliver, a dear friend to many and a cherished daughter. She was also a great animal lover, especially attached to her labrador Gypsy and her Nana's black poodle Bailey, who Jess named herself. 

Jess always made the effort to come home to Dalton and visit her family (including Gypsy!) during her first year of University in Chester. She loved to spend time with her parents and often persuaded her mum to join her on nights out. Mrs Quayle said: "When Jess was younger she couldn't wait to come on nights out with myself and her cousin Sandy. We were all very close and when Jess was old enough to start going out she would always be borrowing my clothes and shoes. "She would often take a pair of my shoes back to uni with her and there was one of my necklaces in particular she loved to borrow, it was a long chain with black stones and it was her favourite. I have lots of photos of her wearing it and she was wearing it on the day that she died. The police returned it to me but it was in pieces. 

"We were like best friends, she used to called me 'Mutter' instead of mum. It is actually just the German version of mother but her father would always joke that it was a combination of mum and nutter." 

Jess was only home for a weekend when she was killed on July 7 2014 but Mrs Quayle reflected that it was almost like fate that the whole family had got together the day before for a big barbecue. She said: "It was the first big family gathering we had had in ages, we were all there at my sister's house. Jess was supposed to go back to Chester that night but decided to remain in Cumbria a little longer and stayed with her cousin Sandy that night. 

"Jess was always such a sweet child, she was a brownie and a girl guide and her kind nature made an impression on everyone she met. 

"She was taken far too soon and all the blame for her death lies on the unrepentant boy who was driving his car so dangerously down Mountbarrow Road in Ulverston. He has still never apologised for taking my daughter's life and the pain he has caused will never be repaired." 

Mrs Quayle has been working alongside Robert Kitchin from Ulverston-based business Inspirations Andrea Murray from Jute to put the show together. Many other local businesses have also offered support for the fashion show for Saturday 7 May by donating raffle prizes. Some of these include a cooker hob and cooker hood, a signed rugby shirt, garden furniture, a signed artist's picture and hotel prizes as well as many vouchers from local small businesses. 

The fashion show will display pieces from Jute and Tracy Wells Designer Hat Collection with local models and hair done by Jess's childhood friend Lydia Myerscough and make-up by Rachel McGown. It will be followed by live music and a disco. 

Tickets are available from Jute on King Street in Ulverston, Tracy Wells on Rawlinson Street in Barrow or from Lydia's Hair Studio on Market Street in Ulverston.