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School Daze

School Daze

Apr 21, 2020 | Memoirs

In the summer of 1950, aged 13 and three quarters, I remember being taken by my mother to a meeting of her Old School Association in Sevenoaks. My grandparents had served in the Baptist Missionary Society for many years in Orissa, India. Indeed my grandmother had been...
School Days

School Days

Apr 14, 2020 | Memoirs

I think that after last week’s memoir it would be good to go back once more to my childhood and my schooling after the war. This was initially at a Girl’s Private Day School Trust, chosen by my parents, an all-girls private primary. Croydon High School was near...
The Death of Andrew

The Death of Andrew

Apr 7, 2020 | Memoirs, Poetry

It seems appropriate to make another jump in time in my memoirs and share this one in Holy Week. At this time of fear and loss, it may even help some others to learn about the loss of my first—and at the time only—child, but know that one can survive and come through...