Mrs Hendy of Wonford
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Mrs Hendy lived in Exeter for over 60 years, 52 of them in the same house in Wonford.
She was born in Cornwall in 1917: her mother was a local White woman, and her father was a Black sea captain, probably from Jamaica.
Councillor Olwen Foggin interviewed Mrs Hendy in 2000 for an exhibition on the history of Wonford. Her transcript provides the majority of Mrs Hendy's story.
Ghee Bowman and Crystal Carter interviewed her daughter, Sue Evens as part of the project.
All the photos of Mrs Hendy on this site are from Sue Evens' collection.
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