Posted: 29 December 2020
David Brown, Kathleen’s son, reflects on the emotional journey he took into his own heritage when he discovered his mum’s memoir, ‘My Days’. IN …
Posted: 22 December 2020
Of all the events and activities that mum experienced at Stones Place, the highlight came for her 104th birthday. Through MHA’s Seize the Day initiative …
Posted: 16 December 2020
Moving On Over the coming months, although mum felt she could no longer travel distances, we still went on shorter journeys to see family, go …
Posted: 9 December 2020
Life is so lonely now. I think of all the things I did at such-and-such a time, and I wish I could do them with …
Posted: 2 December 2020
Somersby Close As I sit writing this, it’s January 3rd, 2001. I am at David’s house – and of course his wife’s too. He is …
Posted: 25 November 2020
South Ormsby Hall I went to work at South Ormsby Hall in 1932. I hated it at first because I had nowhere to go on …
Posted: 18 November 2020
Leaving Home When I was 16, I went into private service at Market Stainton with the Parker family. They were great. I went there as …
Posted: 11 November 2020
Donington on Bain was about two miles from where we used to live. When we could, Grace and I used to walk to Stenigot to …
Posted: 6 November 2020
Prologue My mother, Kathleen Brown, encouraged by a neighbour, sat down in the early 2000s and began to write her life story. For someone who …