October – December 1918 (and the burning question of whether or not he shot his horse) ~ by Helen Dennis, 13 September 2026 ~ The nearest approximation I have to first-hand accounts of my grandfather’s experience during World War I are stories my aunt Penelope told me. However, she was in her 90s by theContinue reading “Richard Jenkins’ World War I Homecoming”
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Unravelling the Boarding School Myth
Penelope, Tony and Victor Jenkins’ early schooling in Sydney ~ by Helen Dennis ~ December 2024 ~ One of the most memorable stories my aunt Penelope recounted about her childhood was that when she was very little, her mother had enrolled her as ‘the only boarder’ at a private girls’ school in Sydney. The legendContinue reading “Unravelling the Boarding School Myth”
