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Sheldon Manor

(near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England) [box type=”info” style=”rounded” border=”full”]This article was written by Ron Prentice [E2.5a.2b.2c] and originally published in HAFS Journal Vol 4 No 2 […]

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Janet Doreen Kentish – Eulogy

Our wonderful mother Janet (‘Blinkie’ , ‘Jannie’) was a wonderfully caring person to us, her extended family and her many precious and valued friends. A fabulous mother.

There are four of us: me, Wendy, David and Nigel. Mum produced us in five years, between 1950 and 1955, and this very brave strategy really set the tone for our early lives, and her incredibly busy life as a totally committed mother to four very different children. That commitment and great love did not waiver once in her very long and sometimes difficult life.

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Mosman Memories

[box type=”none” style=”rounded” border=”full”] These memories, covering approx 1902 to 1920, were taken from an interview with my Grandmother (Marjorie Doreen Cooper “Poppy” (nee Wilshire)

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