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When I asked the local chemist for lint and disinfectant, he felt it was only fair to allow the first-aid post to claim me. . . . Half a dozen V.A.D.s made a rush at me and treated my small abrasion as though my whole head had been blown off.From an impromptu wedding in the early days of World War II, to a bout with German measles in a hospital reminiscent of a medieval torture chamber, to becoming the first casualty for over-eager V.A.D.s, Ve...

The seventeenth-century Gurneys, Barclays, Hanbury and Hoares were part of the Quaker movement. Their integrity gained respect and attracted investors to the banking, weaving and brewing industries they started. Later Buxton led the anti-slavery campaigns and Elizabeth Fry set about reforming prisons. A remarkable international family well researched by Verily Anderson, who still lives at Northrepps, the Gurney family home in Norfolk. This re...

Northrepps in Norfolk was the family home of the Buxton, Barclay and Gurney families. This book brings to life that world. To a lively tribe of visiting grandchildren Northrepps in Norfolk was the family home of the Buxton, Barclay and Gurnet families. Thoma Powell Buxton of slave emancipation fame, Elizabeth Fry and many others added to the history of Norfolk. Verily Anderson provides a picture of one of the English households.