<—The Refuge for Friendless Girls Marie —> Olga’s Diary (Continued) Dear Diary I never knew places like this existed. Matron said I was lucky to be here because this is a Catholic refuge and other girls in my state end up in the workhouse, which, she says, are very unpleasant places and the treatment [...]
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Home is a Refuge for Friendless Girls
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Memoirs, Nursing during the War, tagged Browney family, Carmen Browne, nursing WW2, Olga Browney, Olga's diary, refuge for unmarried mothers, Ross family, unmarried mothers in WW2 on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Refuge for Friendless Girls
Posted in Family History, Family Saga, Nursing during the War, tagged nursing WW2, Olga, Olga Browney, Olga's diary, refuge for unmarried mothers, St Giles Cottage Hospital, women's refuge on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
<—The Rape of an Innocent (Continued Olga’s Diary) Dear Diary Matron called me to her office. I’m not surprised. I know my work has not been good lately. I was hoping she would tell me I could go home. Dr Randall, who carries out some of the three monthly student medical examinations, was sitting behind [...]
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Why I Wrote ”Olga – A Daughter’s Tale”
In 1994, my mother, Carmen Browne, was admitted to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton in the UK seriously ill. As she slowly recovered I realized that had she died so too would the chance of my finding out about her past, her family in Jamaica and, of particular importance to me, who my father was information she had consistently refused to share with me. So I decided to find out for myself.My first discovery was that my mother’s real name was Olga Browney, born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and one of eleven children from a close-knit, coloured Catholic family. A kind, naïve and gentle girl, my mother arrived in London in 1939 and lived with a malevolent, alcoholic aunt, intending to stay for only six months. However, world events, personal tragedy and malicious intent all combined to prevent her from returning home to Kingston.
"Olga - A Daughter's Tale" is based on a true story about cruelty, revenge and jealousy inflicted on an innocent young woman and about moral courage, dignity, resilience and, in particular, love. It is the story of a remarkable woman, who because of circumstances, made a choice, which resulted in her losing contact with her beloved family in Jamaica, until nearly half a century later, when her past caught up her.
What I discovered about my mother filled me with such admiration for her that I wanted her story recorded for future generations of my family to read so that they would know about this remarkable woman whose greatest gift to me was her unconditional love. That's why I wrote “Olga – A Daughter’s Tale”.
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