Mavis was born in North Middlsex Hospital, Edmonton. She was ten years younger than her sister Iris. The family spent the war years in London. They had made an attempt to be evacuated to Lincolnshire but this was a struggle for her parents as Mavis mum was blind and her dad had very little sight and was deaf. They returned during the worst spell of bombing and stayed "under the stairs" or "under the table". A heartwarming insight.
