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Barbara, a Maldonian, was Maid of Honour at the 1963 carnival. Later, she and her husband worked in childcare and recalls being residential social workers in various childrens’ Homes, but especially the Gables in Maldon High Street when it was a boys’ Home. It is now a restaurant!

Grimason, Barbara

(born 1946) Interviewed April 2025

Barbara, a Maldonian, was Maid of Honour at the 1963 carnival. Later, she and her husband worked in childcare and recalls being residential social workers in various childrens’ Homes, but especially the Gables in Maldon High Street when it was a boys’ Home. It is now a restaurant!

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High Street, Carnival

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