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Sheena remembers her grandfather in Wivenhoe who had a sad childhood, being sent to an orphanage in Bristol at the age of 3. Sheena discovered that his grandmother, Sarah, born in 1840, had run a shop in Maldon High Street. She used to hide sweets under her long black skirt for the children to find.

Mackay, Sheena

(Born 1958) Interviewed September 2020.

Sheena remembers her grandfather in Wivenhoe who had a sad childhood, being sent to an orphanage in Bristol at the age of 3. Sheena discovered that his grandmother, Sarah, born in 1840, had run a shop in Maldon High Street. She used to hide sweets under her long black skirt for the children to find.

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