Alison Edye’s Memoirs

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These are the memoires of Alison Edye. She was born in 1921. Before the war she worked in London’s theatre-land, designing costumes; but when war came she joined the WAAFs and was trained as a cipher officer. After the war she Married John Edye and lived a somewhat bohemian existence in London. She worked for the campaigner, Marjory Fry, helped start a bookshop and raised three children. She became a teacher, and did a great deal to improve the educational opportunities for dyslexics and travellers’ children. On top of all that, she was one of the funniest, kindest and cleverest people I have ever known. This is the extraordinary life of an extraordinary, ordinary woman. It is a wonderful read, full of wit and humour and stories of the fascinating times through which she lived.

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