Spinks, Mary Elizabeth

BORN DEC 10 1912 DIED 28/11/1981  our mother (Ron & Harry) and Cecils wife knew plenty of adversity and in another era kinder to women deserved to make a mark .

Depression and War were met with tenacity and strength and pure grit.

Schooling was haphazard and meant walking home miles carrying a load .

As  the eldest girl in a large family there weren`t any opportunities as we know them today, but she astounded me  (Harry) one day by reciting the Alphabet backwards .

What might have been however is  diminished as the actuality was more than sufficient to us .

I hope one day that a young girl in a country location can gift to her memory the life and achievements of the daughter she never hadd

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