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Old 12-05-12, 17:17
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Default Grace and Nay

It's not just the current generation that have odd names.

My next door neighbour when I was small was a retired teacher. Her best friends were two sisters: Grace and Nay. Nay? Was she a Whinny-fred in diguise? Did she have an embarrassing laugh? Did she always put the dampeners on things by just saying her name? I never dared ask.

My neighbour died. In the way of things, my mother kept in touch with the Misses Hall, who retired themselves down to the south coast, to Portsmouth.

There was the death of a Grace Evelyn in Portsmouth, born 1887. There was a birth of a Grace Evelyn, in Portsmouth. Portsmouth family, and looking at 1891, Grace's little sister was Lizzie. Lizzie N!

By 1901, the family had moved to Belvedere, Kent. Right area. In 1911, Grace and Lizzie are both teachers. It's looking better and better.

Lizzie didn't die until 1992, aged 98. And her second name? Naomi! (Of course)
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