Monday, December 16, 2019

1969....Grandma's trip to England


28 Pember Road in Kensal Green, London England.
Where Eleanor and her daughter Vera lived in 1965, according to the voter's list from Ancestry. In this year, a Melvyn Simpson also was living with them. Now who is he? A son?


From Grandma's notebook:
Sat Dec 20, 1969
"Visited Elynor. Cold drafty house. 
Elynor, Vera and I went shopping in Kensington. Bought a skirt for 2 pounds, 15 shillings. Elynor has 2 cats and a French poodle dog. Bought a pair of pillow slips for 3/11d each. Took a cold there and was sick in bed 4 1/2 days."

Sun Dec 21
"Wind blowing hard, raining hard, sick in bed in the night. Took 2 buses to Bert's house. Cost me 3 shillings. We have to pay cash on every bus. No transfers here."

Mon Dec 22
"In bed sick. Gin and Bert at work. Nasty day."

Tues Dec 23
"In bed sick. Little sun today. Cold.
Violet sick."

Wed Dec 24
"Not well. In bed. Flu."

Poor Grandma! She certainly had a miserable week.
I'm delighted, though, that her notes confirm she visited Eleanor and Vera. If only she had a picture of them together! I have no photos of either. Eleanor lived on Pemberton Road for a long time, since the 1940's, renting, so I assume if she was there in 1965, she must have been there in 1969. But the voter's lists only go up to 1965 on Ancestry.

Edited by Loretta Williams Houben


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