In the first half of 1941,
Pamela Downing was still studying at the
Birmingham School of Art. On 28 Jul 1941, according to her mother
Molly‘s diary, she learnt that she had failed to secure another year at the college. Both her parents had served in the First World War and it was clear that Pamela who had just turned 21 ought to be doing something a little more positive for the war effort.
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