Category: Second World War feature
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PIC: The schoolchildren at East Marden with my Nan Mrs Davies on the right-hand side and my late Mum in the centre looking rather mischievous. Please see my post-script to this blog. By HILARY GAVIN WHEN our late Mum Enid Gavin died ten years ago my sister penned the most moving eulogy for her funeral…
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By HILARY GAVIN NOW we’re all aware that a “dutiful” Brownie or Girl Guide should “Be Prepared” for every eventuality in life – which is why I’d like to share a secret with you, I was never an exemplary Girl Guide in the early Seventies – in fact I was the polar opposite as “they”…
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By HILARY GAVIN I’M SORRY to say but I doubt that many of our youngsters living in our divisive po-faced nation today are aware that the British were once renowed worldwide for their legendary sense of humour. In fact, I’m certain that some people who stumble upon this blog post of mine nowadays will take…
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Why did my beloved Dad, a lowly RAF groundcrew serviceman, keep a photo of Britain’s wartime leader relaxing in a dressing-gown on a mystery balcony in “a secret box” at our family home? By HILARY GAVIN AS ONE of Britain’s most skilful political orators, our Second World War Prime Minister Winston Churchill is famed for…