Audrey Ellis

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I have 22 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 9112 times and 2 of my stories have been cherry picked.

My stories

Meeting the Duke of Bedford

It would have been whilst I was in my late teens that I decided to reply to an advertisement in our Evening Telegraph for several models. Esso petrol...

How it all began

I arrived at Balham maternity hospital on 29th December 1950. I understand that, at this time, both my parents were living in what they described as...

At the age of ten I sold newspapers.

Mr Harry Bailey, 1918 (The following story, written by Mr Bailey, was given to me by his daughter). One of my earliest memories I have is at the age...

Why it all began

I have always had an interest in social history and more importantly my ancestry; that feeling of knowing that I belonged. For years, I dreamed of...

But it's just a fantasy

How do I connect a story from the fifties and settle it in the year 2015. I'm staring at blank pages as my mind flits back to the past. That fifties...

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