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Helena Ellis

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Helena Ellis

It is with sadness that we record the recent death of Helena Ellis at the age of 90. We were delighted to do a profile on her in 2006 when she told us of her early life as one of the East family and her happy childhood, playing in the Mel and riding her precious bicycle. She worked at Burlington Press and later at Eternit, married Claude Ellis and had two boys Ray and Robert and was grandmother to three fine boys and was very proud of their achievements. She was a charming woman with a natural grace and elegance. Although she was well travelled, she thought Melbourn was the finest place to live and quoted the following poem as a summing up of how she felt.

She will be sorely missed by all the members of her family and by her friends at Coffee Stop. Rest in peace, Helena. My English Home Give me an English lane with hedgerows trim, and an English house, to dwell there-in, In an English town, in an English street, with pavements trod by English feet. Give me an English wife, and children too, and country quiet, with an English view. Then leave me there, never I’ll roam ~ but stay content in my English home. Give me an English inn, with English beer, and good companions to sit and hear Them talk at close of day, of English things, in the English way. Give me an English life, so sweet and free, and the simple joys of serenity, And quietly I’ll lie in the land of my birth, if you lay me to rest in English earth. George T. O’Bey

The Great War 1914–1918

Available for £3

ALL the proceeds raised from the sale of this book will go to The Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes

The Great War book follows an exhibition held in June 2014, which was designed to show the tragic face of the war alongside interesting stories from home, it is sponsored by Melbourn History Group and Melbourn Magazine. If you would like to purchase a copy, please contact Ann Dekkers on 261144 or Peter Simmonett on 220363.

An exhibition by Melbourn History Group

to those who died, we remember; to those who survived, we hear you; to future generations, let us never forget.