Peggy Durham (nee Gleeson) Two essays: 'Memories of Childhood' and 'My First Day at Work': -'Memories of Childhood'; born at Billson Street 1924. Moved to East Ferry Road. Primitive Methodist Chapel; Girl’s Life Brigade; Marjorie Knightsbridge; Cubitt Town School, school demolished; Harbinger Road School; Millwall Central School; worked at Snowdons; street games; Mrs Black, Mr Robinson, 'Robbo'; seeing ‘black men in very bright clothing’ and running to hide; indoor games; liquorice powder; lice; chloride of lime distributed free; running errands; accumulators; Seysell Street; street traders; 'Looney' boys; Island as a multi-racial community. Reflections that “nobody had much to be envious of”; washday; hopping; domestic quarrels; Christmas Party at Hawkins and Tipsons; people getting drunk; Christmas at home and at school; safety and security. -'My First Day at Work': description of office routine, accounts department, Miss Harms, tea making, fetching lunch orders 1938; sisters Margaret Gleeson and Emily; clothing and shoes; Snowdon Sons and Company (Lubricants); father had tuberculosis (TB). Autobiography February 1990