Helen

born 8 June 1953 in Rhodesia

Early yearsin Rhodesia and “on leave” in England

Helen’s Christening

Fort Victoria, Rhodesia

1953

Granny Barratt’s garden - Swannington, Norfolk – 1954

Aged approx. 1 Year

1954

Fort Victoria, Rhodesia with sister Mary

The Doll’s House, Bulawayo – 1956

Aged 3

Tiggy

Matopos Hills

1959

Aged 6 years

Granny Barratt’s garden –

Swannington, Norfolk

1959

“Yellow Peril” on the Norfolk Broads! - 1959

Bulawayo,

1962

Helen aged 9

Bikers in the driveway! – Hillside, Bulawayo - 1962

Friends - The Lloyds

Sent recently by Anna Graves (Lloyd), now living in Australia - 1962

With the Lloyds at Lake McIlwaine, near Salisbury, Rhodesia

1962

Granny Cane’s garden - Woodbridge, Suffolk - 1963

With neighbours from Famona, Bulawayo - The Stafford family at Matopos Hills

Final year in Rhodesia

Visit by aunts from England:

Olive and Margaret Barratt

1967 tour

Zimbabwe

Ruins

Helen aged 14

Wankie

Coal Mine

Chimanimani

Barratts

out camping!

1968Emigrated from Rhodesia

to Suffolk, England

Aged 15

Lodged with Granny Cane in Woodbridge before moving to Ipswich

in 1969