posted on 2024-06-05, 19:59authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
Mum - Sheila Jenkinson (married name Winters) was born on January 1, 1927, and passed away in February 2020. Sheila grew up in Edinburgh. Her son, the contributor, says it's fun to read because "it's very Mum." These are domestic stories and record what was happening during the war. Sheila was very literary and became an English teacher after the war. Her future husband worked in London at SOAS teaching Japanese and worked in Intelligence in Japan after the war.
History
Item list and details
1. Pages from the wartime diary of Sheila Jenkinson, 1940
2. Pages from the wartime diary of Sheila Jenkinson, 1939
Person the story/items relate to
Sheila Jenkinson
Person who shared the story/items
Murray Winters
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
Mother of contributor
Type of submission
Shared at Dumfries Museum, Dumfries and Galloway on 13 May 2023.