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Ref NoBURN/2/287
Previous Ref No2:287
TitleFoley, Winifred: A Child in the Forest [extract]
DescriptionDOB: 1914
DOD: Unknown

Born Brierley, Forest of Dean. Father a miner. 4th of 7 children. Educated at village school, Slad, aged 5 to 14.

Married in 1938, 4 children.

Moved to London in 1928, then lived and worked in the Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Abergavenny 1929 - 1930, London, returned to live in Gloucestershire in 1955. Domestic servant and general maid from 1928; in a London University hostel; teashop waitress; charlady and home help; employed in a saw mill.

Church attender

Moved to London in 1928
Lived in Abergravenny 1929-1930
Lived in Gloucestershire 1955

13 typewritten pp.

Forest of Dean, waitress, saw mill
Date1974
Related MaterialA Child in the Forest (BBC, London, 1974).
LevelItem
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