“This is a photograph taken of my Aunt Nancy (Anna Patricia) Hughes aged 17 years and her only sister, my Aunt Maureen, aged 11 years. The photo is taken in August 1938, the month their mother, Kathleen Hughes (my Grandmother) died. While we are unsure as to whether the photo is taken before or after the loss of their mother, it is more likely that it was taken after, as Kathleen died on 6th August 1938. There were two photos taken on this day, which were to be the last photos ever taken of Maureen, as she died of meningitis on 13th December 1938, just four months following the death of her mother. The family were devastated by this double loss and believed that Maureen, who was the youngest in the family aged just 11 years, died of a broken heart. ”
(1938)
Submitted by Beatrice Hughes