ABSTRACT
I first met Nina in junior school, Kinnaird Park in Bromley, Kent, and we became friends there. Her father was a much liked GP in the area. Sadly, after 3–4 years there, war was declared and my father, a senior civil servant, was ordered to move his office north from London to Lancashire. We happened to be on holiday in Devon at the moment, so, at very, very short notice, it was arranged for me to go with my cousin to a boarding school in Dorset, Sherborne School for Girls. When the tragic train accident occurred in 1940 and both parents were killed, Nina and Gill (who had been evacuated to the family’s recently purchased Cornish home) were placed in the care of their grandmother. She knew of my friendship with Nina, so contacted my parents to find out where I was at school and arranged for Nina to join me in the same House at Sherborne. We remained good friends and went on one camping trip together, but otherwise lived too far apart to see much of each other in holidays.
