SHARKEY COLLECTION - MAIDA LEFROY'S SITTING ROOM

Overview

B/W print. In the curtained bay window is a pedestal table with flowers, flanked by two balloon backed chairs. On the patterned carpet is a matching armchair on the right, and on the left is a low table with tea kettle. Note on the rear [Maida's house, Riley Rd] and written in pencil [The blur on the chair is the kitten/ she got up and stretched herself/ and walked across the room./ It was really very amusing/ consequently she is/ only a blur./ This is where I eat!/ It looks rather like Buckingham Palace.]

Historical information

Maida Winsome Sharkey was born in Claremont in December 1905 and was the daughter of Raymond and Edith Florence Sharkey of Wainomi, 3 Victoria Avenue. Maida married John Lefroy in 1932.

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cwa-org-28--9-326-
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Thursday, 12 June, 2025
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