Vere kept a diary from girlhood onwards and in edited her diaries for publication as Few Eggs and No Oranges. After her retirement she went to live in the village of Church Stretton. Winifred VERE HODGSON was born in in Edgbaston, Birmingham, where her widowed mother ran the family home as a boarding house.4/5. Few Eggs is an abridgement () of the extensive diaries of Vere Hodgson, who lived in London throughout WWII and experienced firsthand the privations of war on the Home Front.4/5(). · Persephone book #9 is Few Eggs and No Oranges: the Wartime Diaries of Vere Hodgson, It's probably the longest Persephone book own, nearly pages, and the actual time I spent reading this book was by far longer than any other Persephone, which I can normally get through in a few days, sometimes even as little as one day (and there are those that I've literally Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
Vere Hodgson was born in Birmingham in She read History at Birmingham University and went on to be a teacher. [6] In the early s she helped to run a local charity in Notting Hill Gate. She kept a diary throughout her life and in edited her diary to create Few Eggs and No Oranges. Vere Hodgson: Few Eggs and No Oranges: The Diaries of Vere Hodgson Had a busy week. Awakened by the guns on Friday night. Such a nice man — had been in the blitz on the Dock Fires. On one night more men were killed. Vere Hodgson worked for a Notting Hill Gate charity during the Second World War; being sparky and unflappable, she was not going to let Hitler make a difference to her life, but the beginning of the Blitz did, which is why she began her published diaries on 25 June 'Last night at about 1 a.m. we.
Few Eggs and No Oranges. by Vere Hodgson. Persephone book no: 8 9 PREFACE BY JENNY HARTLEY. pp. ISBN Vere Hodgson worked for a Notting Hill Gate charity during the Second World War; being sparky and unflappable, she was not going to let Hitler make a difference to her life, but the beginning of the Blitz did, which is why she began her published diaries on 25 June 'Last night at about 1 a.m. we had the first air raid of the war on London. Vere Hodgson was born in Birmingham in She read History at Birmingham University and went on to be a teacher. In the early s she helped to run a local charity in Notting Hill Gate. She kept a diary throughout her life and in edited her diary to create Few Eggs and No Oranges. References. Find books like Few Eggs and No Oranges: The Diaries of Vere Hodgson from the world’s largest community of readers. Goodreads members who liked F.
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