Lord Darnley and the Christmas Tree

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:13 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

In 1943 I was 8 years old. As my mother was a maid at Cobham Hall, she asked Lord Darnley if she could have a Christmas tree. He had a Christmas tree sent to her, but it was 16 feet high, and our room was only 8 feet high! We had the top part, and let the neighbours have the rest. You couldn't get Christmas trees during the war.

When my mum told Lord Darnley what she'd done, he was very impressed that the tree hadn't been wasted.

When I was 8 and in hospital, Lady Darnley had a friend who lived in Cobham Village, and she used to bring me comics in.

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Photograph album (contributor selected pages to be digitised)

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Agnes Lake, Norman Lake, Lord Darnley

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Norman Lake

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Norman Lake is the contributor, Agnes Lake is his mother, Lord Darnley employed her to work as a maid at Cobham Hall

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Shared at Medway Archives Centre, Kent on 8 November 2023.

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96449 | MED008b

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Their Finest Hour World War Two Armed Forces Child Childhood Children Civilian Civilians Health Healthcare Hospital Medic Medical Medical Services Medicine Military

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