Ida, Mrs Hart, Audrey
My grandmother, Ida Matthews, née Walford, Mrs Hart, and my aunty, Audrey Robinson, née Matthews, maybe they are in Eastbourne, maybe in Brighton… now no-one can tell us
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Family Stories
Stychens Lane
Stychens Lane in Bletchingley, Surrey, runs out of the village, in a northerly direction. It’s pretty and old, and I have used it in my story of the Radwinter family, putting one of the children there in 1851, according to the census. If you look at the census return you won’t find him, because I’ve […]
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My cousin
I’m very particular about the names I choose for my characters, and I’m sometimes criticised for my choice… but usually I am trying to find a name that does not belong to a real person in real life… obviously I can’t hope to avoid it all the time, and sometimes names jump out and ambush […]
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Ploughing…
This photo of my husband’s grandfather must have been taken some time before the war… what a different age, and how hard their lives must have been.
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Lois Elsden 