Sunday, 31 March 2013

Mrs. Knight's Notes





I found a box full of keepsakes at the flea market in Greenwich five years ago, a life forgotten and unwanted was recorded inside. As I looked through the photographs, letters, postcards and travel mementoes, I tried to piece together a story about the former owner of these curious things.

Her name was Mrs. Maria Knight, previously known as Miss. Niggenkemper. From what I can piece together she was possibly a German evacuee during the Second World War. Amongst the papers I found a receipt for the Women's Internment Camp on the Isle of Man, wartime songs and uniform regulations for allied civilians. She was interested in linguistics and I have a feeling that she worked as translator.





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