Aged just 20 my mother and her friend Gloria arrived in the UK from Germany on 3rd March 1947…..
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In early 1943 during the Nazi occupation of Latvia my grandmother, step-grandfather and mother left Riga to go and live in Tervete, a village south west of Riga…..
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After my grandmother’s divorce she met Arturs Abeltins, a young man eight years younger than her….
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My mother told me few stories of her life growing up in Latvia……
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After my grandparents separated my grandmother left the theatre never to return…..
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There are just a handful of photographs to record my mother’s early years in Latvia…..
Read MoreYoung Love
Some time during her stint at the Liepaja Theatre my grandmother Mirdza met and fell in love with a young actor - Evalds Valters……
Read MoreTreading the Boards
As a child I remember very little talk about my grandmother’s younger years in Latvia…….
Read MoreA Question of Identity
In the aftermath of Brexit I have found myself re-examining my European roots even more closely…..
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