Well I never. I knew you were special, but nothing like this! I hope Aida Desta liked Penzance, and that people were kind to her there. I just had a look at some contemporary newspapers, and found an item in the Cornishman in 1942, saying that she had been placed in the first class in a national competition sponsored by the Royal Drawing Society. There’s quite a few other articles (which I haven’t read) but she seems to have been at St Clare’s for at least five years.
What a fascinating and sad story!
Well I never. I knew you were special, but nothing like this! I hope Aida Desta liked Penzance, and that people were kind to her there. I just had a look at some contemporary newspapers, and found an item in the Cornishman in 1942, saying that she had been placed in the first class in a national competition sponsored by the Royal Drawing Society. There’s quite a few other articles (which I haven’t read) but she seems to have been at St Clare’s for at least five years.