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Mother Hen: A Child of the Thirties
29 November 2022
My Mum, Brenda Walker, died in 2020 from COVID-19 and frailty. We knew that she had written about her childhood growing up before and during the Second World War and always wrote poetry during her life - but it was still a bit of a surprise when my sister, Lynette Coates, found Mum's memoir and poetry in a box in her bedroom. -
Things You Might Not Know About Me: 1 - Australia
11 November 2020
My parents emigrated to Australia (under the Ten Pound Poms scheme) when I was nine years old. We travelled to Perth, Western Australia, by ship. It took about a month to get there! -
Mum
12 July 2020
Brenda Walker died on 5th April 2020. She was my Mum.