Villa Korsar in St Jean de Luz

On the 15th October 1937 Nancie was interviewed in London by a Mrs Josephine Grove who lived in Kew and was, Nancie thought, a close friend of the parents of her new employer, a Mrs Harris. She was to be governess to Mrs Harris' s daughter, Elizabeth Marshall Harris, affectionately known as 'Mimi'. Little Mimi was about four years old in 1937 . Nancie later found out that Josephine Grove had been companion to Mrs Harris, then Jean Ferris, when she was a girl.
On 20th October, after a few days in London visiting old friends (such as Iona Watson) and also Aunt Min, Nancie flew to Paris.
It was around now that she finally broke off her romance with 'Mac', by letter. She had received his letters which had been forwarded from the Old Greyhound Pub. She wrote many letters and received many all her life. She wrote to Mrs Roger for whom she had worked in Iraq. A lot of these friendships lasted for many years and she supported many of her friends through the upheavals in their own lives.
Little did she know that this job would lead to her meeting my Father and finally settling down to become a housewife in Hough Green, Widnes (then in Cheshire), England, living a quiet life with her son and daughter: me and my brother.
Nancie had a few more adventures to come before then so let us return to the Villa Korsar in autumn 1937.