A Family Archive
memories and letters
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Before she died, Iris Legg wrote about her family and in particular about her life in Pembrokeshire as an evacuee during and after WWII. However, she was unable to complete the task which she had set herself and her husband, Roger, provides an outline of her life from the time she returned to London, together with a pen portrait of a very gifted person. The letters published in this volume are mostly from and about our family, friends and colleagues, letters which reflect our careers, interests and concerns, holidays, happy times and sad times, misfortunes as well as successes. These letters generated many of Roger’s memories and some of these are recorded as footnotes. The book concludes with tributes to Roger’s parents who played such a central role in their family’s life and fortunes.
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Before she died, Iris Legg wrote about her family and in particular about her life in Pembrokeshire as an evacuee during and after WWII. However, she was unable to complete the task which she had set herself and her husband, Roger, provides an outline of her life from the time she returned to London, together with a pen portrait of a very gifted person. The letters published in this volume are mostly from and about our family, friends and colleagues, letters which reflect our careers, interests and concerns, holidays, happy times and sad times, misfortunes as well as successes. These letters generated many of Roger’s memories and some of these are recorded as footnotes. The book concludes with tributes to Roger’s parents who played such a central role in their family’s life and fortunes.
About the Author
Roger Legg was born in Lewisham and was also evacuated during WWII. He met his wife Iris at their local Baptist Church and, apart from a few years when they lived and worked in Scotland, they made their home in South London. Iris was a junior class room teacher, specialising in slow learning and difficult children. Roger trained as a building services engineer and for many years taught this subject at the Southbank University. He took early retirement in 1991 and at the time of writing manages a Day Centre for refugees and asylum seekers in Bromley.