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Looking Back

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A family memoir set in Finchley and Friern Barnet 1913-1953

Elsie Lawrence Mudd

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A tribute to my mum >


Contributors

Elsie Lawrence (Mum): Trusler family history, WWII recollections
Jim Trusler: Trusler family photographs
Darren Mudd: Audio recording, editing, formatting
Deanna Toplisroe: Audio transcribing, editing
David Mudd: Editing, Finchley photo archive sourcing

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Friern Barnet & District Local History Society
Dover Kent Archives
The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society
IET Archives
WWII Today

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© Elsie Mudd 2021
Physical copy was printed by ACE Graphics, Woodhouse Rd, Friern Barnet, London

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Looking Back

Elsie Lawrence Mudd

A family memoir set in Finchley and Friern Barnet 1913-1953

Title page

A tribute to my mum

Preface

Chapter One – Hamilton Road

Chapter Two – Mum

Chapter Three – Aunt Lou

Chapter Four – When Mum met Dad

Chapter Five – The Lawrence family of Summers Lane

Chapter Six – Goldsmith Road, Friern Barnet

Chapter Seven – 1939

Chapter Eight – 1940-1941

Chapter Nine – St John’s School

Chapter Ten – Evacuation

Chapter Eleven – Christmas in the War

Chapter Twelve – Grandma Trusler’s

Chapter Thirteen – Home

Chapter Fourteen – The Library

Chapter Fifteen – Rationing

Chapter Sixteen – Chelwood

Chapter Seventeen – Victory: 1945

Chapter Eighteen – Our holiday in Kent 1947

Chapter Nineteen – The Bombed Garden

Chapter Twenty – Holly Park and Ealing Art School

Chapter Twenty One – 1953

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