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The Crescent. No.119. Price two shillings and threepence. Edited by Miss F J Fry 128 Bromham Road, Bedford. Printed by Rush & Warwick (Bedford) Limited, Harpur Printing Works, Bedford.

September 1941

From: 1941 To: 1941

-Former pupil Beatrice Ainsworth working as an ambulance driver in London [pg.2] -Elva Leith brought a letter from Dorothy Guibara (Eckford) describing her work as an ambulance driver in London [pg.3] -Hilda Coppinger, formerly a mistress at the school and now a partner at a school in Hampstead suffered bombings in the Blitz [pg.3] -Letter from Irene Malaher (Martin) in Tanganyika, has two children Terry & Josephine.[pg.4]. Mentions Sheila Weaver (Donnelly)in Vancouver and Marjory Faulkner (Steward) who is an ambulance driver.[pg.4] -Eyvor Keene (Doyne-Ditmas) went to Hindhead after the death of her husband.[pg.4] -Marjorie Thompson now called Mrs Creswick Atkinson now technical advisor tho the Ministry of Health – extract from Daily Telegraph report [pg.4] -Violet Russell has moved from Eastbourne to Berkshire [pg.5] -Letter from Mabel Newberry (King-Smith) now living in Castle Douglas, Scotland [pg.5] -Letter from May Whyly (Bluett) living in South Africa. Mentions children Michael and Heather. [pg.6] -Extract from letter of Ada Brampton (Bedell) describing the internal matters of South Africa [pg.6-7] -Mildred Clayden now takes in evacuees [pg.7] -Irene Gough now a telephonist at West Suffolk Control ARP, and sees Dasy Fyson and Amy Dowell [pg.7] -Munnah Saxton Franklin works at a dispensary in Hounslow [pg.7] -Extract from letter of Marion Montrison describing the bombing in Southsea. [pg.7-8] -Extract from letter of Norah Symonds (Humfreys) describing the bombing in London.[pg.8] -Beatrice Pedley (Kingston) mentions Ethel & Rienzi Seton. [pg.8] -Mabel Shilcock (Giles) has a son in the Royal Navy [pg.9] -Daisy Newton now Mrs A H Perkins and a speech therapist. [pg.9] -Lorna Reeves (St.Gerrans) has been ill. Her sons both serving in the armed forces. [pg.9] -Extract from letter of Ethel Stanton. Mentions Laura Hammond and Miss Penny. [pg.9 – 10] -Annie Oldham (Anderson) mentions air raids in the New Forest [pg.10] -Rosie Lewis (Jewell) writes that her son John Lewis (Royal Navy) to Florence Macalaster in Paisley. -Muriel Bowen (Burnett) married at Richmond in January [pg.10] -Ethel McMillan (Tilly) now a grandmother [pg.11] -Rosie Bocock works for the Red Cross [pg.11] -Grace Bancroft (McCulloch) a warden in Tenby [pg.11] -Mildred Horrell now Mildred Loveday married with children and living in Thrapston, Northants. Ethel Horrell married and is now Ethel Meiklejohn and lives at Corby, Northants.[pg.11-12] -Linda Steggall (Collins) visited Bedford [pg12] -Isabel Jarvis (Butters) a regular correspondent. -Gwen Bristow working at Middlesex Hospital [pg.12] -Dorothy Howard now Mrs Buxton, her son Peter Buxton also works at Middlesex Hospital. [pg. 12] -Florence Edwards (Oliver) has a daughter working at Carshalton Hospital. [pg.12] -Muriel Barley (Love) has a daughter now married.[pg.12] -Extract from a letter by Kathleen Williams about her astronomical work at Oxford [pg.12] -Ivy Derry (Rowland) reports on a holiday at Hexham [pg.13] -May Tilly writes from Ceylon [pg.13 – 14]about her travels in Asia. Mentions other Crescent ‘Old Girls’ in Ceylon – Beryl Lushington (Saxton), Myra de Saram (Loos) and Barbara Morrison (Elwell) [pg.14] -Renee Machon (Fraser) has a husband at the War office. Dolly Davison (Potts) has a son just back from the Argentine. [pg.14] -Nita Bateman (Bagnall) [pg.14] -Helen Moor (Shaw) write about evacuees in Winchester [pg.14 – 15] -David Moor, son of Helen, a lecturer in radio at Yatesbury, Wiltshire [pg.15] -Marian Pope an ARP warden in Bournemouth [pg.15] -Marjorie Gibbins (Grounds) moving back to March [pg.15] -Edith Jones (Eckford) has a son, Humphrey Jones who is a POW and her husband is in China [pg.15] -Evelyn Kitchiner maintaining work with Brownies & Girl Guides [pg.15] -Marjorie Linley (Blackwell) appointed Liaison Officer at a military hospital in Dorset [pg.15] -Enid & Elaine Dobrer from Jersey. Mr Ozanne, former Bedford School Master is a refugee from Jersey [pg.16] -Long letter printed from Madge Daldy (Grantham) about the RAF station at Northolt. [pg.16 – 17] -Georgie Patterson (McVicar) – excerpt from letter [pg.17 – 18] -Betty Oliver now Departmental Sister at Redcliffe Hospityal, Oxford [pg.18] -Avicen Ault (Lawton) met up with Marjorie & Dorrie Taylor Bomb fell on her tennis lawn but failed to explode. [pg.18]. -May Catterall (Nickson) doing WVS work at Pulton le Fylde [pg.18] -Zaidee Brown (Esdaile) and her sister Vera Esdaile suffer from bombings in Berkshire [pg.18 - 19]. -Florence Owen (Carroll) lived with Elva Leith in Bedford when they had to leave Eastbourne [pg.19] -Clara De Vere Scott (Elwell) in Bedford from Bexhill [pg.19] -Alice Robinson (Cantrell) also in Bedford from Bexhill [pg.19] -Peggy Arbuthnot (Shepherd) bombed out of her home at Westerham, Kent and in the same County Helen Fox (Mason) also suffering [pg.19] -Death of Elizabeth Ada Barber with copy of obituary [pg.19 – 20] -Death of Dr. Colby Sharpin and his wife [pg.20] -Death of mother of Mollie Bowler, Hertfordshire [pg.20] -Death of Gladys Rice (Elwell) in Kent. [pg.20] -Death of Peggy Hearn (Goodfellow) died leaving two young children [pg.20] -Death of Eveleen Bourchier in Hampshire [pg.20] -Bea Neville (Hynes) in the Isle of Wight [pg.20] -Death of Olive Church at 44 years [pg.20] -Death of the husband of Joyce Howe-Brown (Collin) daughter of Kittie Collin (Tearle). [pg.21] -Death of Marguerite Slack (Stevens) died of cancer in Bedford [pg.21] -Death of Edith Mumford at Plymouth Oct 1940 [pg.21] -Visit from Mr Rowland Hill aged 92, Bedford Branch Band of Hope and editor of the Bedford Mercury [pg.21] -Visit to Kathleen Hardie (Salmons) in Bedford. -List of Names and addresses of Old Girls -Insert ‘Death of Miss Flora Jane Fry, former Principal of Crescent House School aged 78 5 Sept 1941. Obituary written by her partner at the school Miss Laura Hammond and reprinted in full from Beds Times.

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Crescent House Ladies College, Bedford,
Crescent House School, Bedford,
Rush & Warwick,
Ainsworth, Beatrice,
Leith, Elva,
Guibara, Dorothy,
Eckford, Dorothy,
Coppinger, Hilda,
Malaher, Irene,
Martin, Irene,
Malaher, Terry,
Malaher, Josephine,
Weaver, Sheila,
Donnelly, Sheila,
Faulkner, Marjory,
Steward, Marjory,
Keene, Eyvor,
Doyne Ditmas, Eyvor,
Thompson, Marjorie,
Russell, Violet,
Newberry, Mabel,
King Smith, Mabel,
Whyley, May,
Bluett, May,
Whyley, Michael,
Whyley, Heather,
Brampton, Ada,
Bedell, Ada,
Clayden, Mildred,
Gough, Irene,
Fyson, Daisy,
Dowell, Amy,
Saxton Franklin, Munnah,
Montrison, Marion,
Symonds, Norah,
Humfreys, Norah,
Pedley, Beatrice,
Kingston, Beatrice,
Seton, Ethel,
Seton, Rienzi,
Shilcock, Mabel,
Giles, Mabel,
Newton, Daisy,
Perkins, Daisy,
Reeves, Lorna,
St Gerrans, Lorna,
Stanton, Ethel,
Hammond, Laura,
Penny,
Oldham, Annie,
Anderson, Annie,
Lewis, Rosie,
Jewell, Rosie,
Lewis, John,
Macalaster, Florence,
Bowen, Muriel,
Burnett, Muriel,
McMillan, Ethel,
Tilly, Ethel,
Bocock, Rosie,
Bancroft, Grace,
McCulloch, Grace,
Horrell, Mildred,
Loveday, Mildred,
Horrell, Ethel,
Meiklejohn, Ethel,
Steggall, Linda,
Collins, Linda,
Jarvis, Isabel,
Butters, Isabel,
Bristow, Gwen,
Howard, Dorothy,
Buxton, Dorothy,
Buxton, Peter,
Edwards, Florence,
Oliver, Florence,
Barley, Muriel,
Love, Muriel,
Williams, Kathleen,
Derry, Ivy,
Rowland, Ivy,
Tilly, May,
Lushington, Beryl,
Saxton, Beryl,
de Saram, Myra,
Morrison, Barbara,
Elwell, Barbara,
Machon, Renee,
Davison, Dolly,
Potts, Dolly,
Bateman, Nita,
Bagnall, Nita,
Moor, Helen,
Shaw, Helen,
Moor, David,
Pope, Marian,
Gibbins, Marjorie,
Grounds, Marjorie,
Jones, Edith,
Eckford, Edith,
Kitchiner, Evelyn,
Jones, Humphrey,
Linley, Marjorie,
Blackwell, Marjorie,
Dobrer, Enid,
Dobrer, Elaine,
Ozanne,
Daldy, Madge,
Grantham, Madge,
Patterson, Georgie,
McVicar, Georgie,
Oliver, Betty,
Ault, Avicen,
Lawton, Avicen,
Taylor, Marjorie,
Taylor, Dorrie,
Catterall, May,
Nickson, May,
Brown, Zaidee,
Esdaile, Vera,
Owen, Florence,
Carroll, Florence,
Leith, Elva,
De Vere Scott, Clara,
Elwell, Clara,
Robinson, Alice,
Cantrell, Alice,
Arbuthnot, Peggy,
Shepherd, Peggy,
Fox, Helen,
Mason, Helen,
Barber, Elizabeth Ada,
Sharpin, Colby,
Bowler, Mollie,
Rice, Gladys,
Elwell, Gladys,
Hearn, Peggy,
Goodfellow, Peggy,
Bourchier, Eveleen,
Neville, Bea,
Church, Olive,
Howe-Brown, Joyce,
Collin, Joyce,
Collin, Kitty,
Tearle, Kitty,
Slack, Marguerite,
Stevens, Marguerite,
Mumford, Edith,
Hill, Rowland,
Hardie, Kathleen,
Fry, Flora Jane

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