Contents

Introduction

Prologue: Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, August 1911

1. Annie: Acton, May 1940

2. Annie: Acton, May 1940

3. Annie: Acton, June 1940

4. Annie: Acton, June 1940

5. Annie: Acton, September 1940

6. Annie: Acton, October 1940

7. Annie: Acton, November 1940

8. Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1916

9. Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, September 1916

10. Harry: Cambrai, France, 30th November 1917

11. Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, December 1917

12. Annie: Acton, October 1942

13. Annie: Acton, May 1943

14. Ethel: Newcastle upon Tyne, June 1923

15. Ethel: Newcastle upon Tyne, January 1924

16. Ethel: Newcastle upon Tyne, May 1926

17. Ethel: Clapham, March 1929

18. Ethel: Clapham, November 1929

19. Ethel: Clapham, January 1930

20. Ethel: Clapham, August 1932

21. Harry: King’s Cross, February 1933

22. Kitty: Newcastle, March 1910

23. Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, July 1910

24. Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, Monday, 8th August 1910

25. Annie: Acton, June 1944

26. Annie: Acton, May 1945

27. Ethel: Clapham, May 1945

28. Annie: Acton, January 1946

29. Annie: Acton, February 1952

Epilogue: Kitty: Newcastle upon Tyne, April 1979

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements