Web - In 1934 I was cook/housekeeper to Mr & Mrs Stevenson who lived in Wimbledon along with their son and daughter. Their eldest daughter Edith Margaret was married to Ernest Meredyth Hyde-Clarke, he was a District Commissioner who worked in Kenya. The first time I met Mr & Mrs Hyde-Clarke was when they came home on furlough in 1933. At that time they had a young daughter, Janet who had accompanied them on the long journey to England. Mr Hyde-Clarke came to stay for 6 months but Mrs Hyde-Clarke was intending to stay for a year. She was due to return to Kenya in October 1934 and she asked me if I would like to go with her, to help care for Janet and to help with the housekeeping. She gave me a week to think it over, but I did not need all that time. I had always wanted to travel and to me it seemed like a dream come true. I had no ties and I felt that I would never get such an opportunity again .…… {more}

Sailed on SS Matiana of the British India Line on Nov 14th 1934

In Marsabit they were visited by Lady Evelyn Cobbold and her nephew Tony and mentioned in Cobbold's book 'Kenya the Land of Illusion'