Emmie Derbyshire
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Emmie Derbyshire née Dawson[1] was Delia's mother, wife of Ted Derbyshire and very deeply catholic.[2]
Some say her given name was Emma[3], others say it was Mary Amelia.[4] and the Derbyshires' 1939 census entry lists her as "Mary E."[5]
She died in 1994.[6]
References
- ↑ Breege Brennan's thesis: The Early Years (1937-1962)
- ↑ Graham Harris, personal email.
- ↑ The 1970 newspaper article Morse code musician
- ↑ GB 133 BDD: John Rylands Library catalogue of Delia's Juvenile Papers
- ↑ The Derbyshires' 1939 census entry
- ↑ Clive Blackburn's About Delia
