Photo of Mavis Pope

Mavis Pope

Mavis had just celebrated her first birthday when her family arrived in Alderney in October 1939. After the war, Mavis and family returned to Suffolk. She trained as a Registered Nurse and Midwife. Following periods living in Saudi Arabia for 8 years and in France for 16 years, where she taught herself to paint, Mavis returned to Suffolk in 2006.

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