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Name: KIRKUP, Helen (Miss)
Nee: probably sister of Geoffrey Kirkup b. 1904 South Shields
Birth Date: 1901
First Date: 1930s
Profession: Milliner
Area: Nanyuki
Book Reference: Mrs Catherine Hart
General Information:
Mrs Catherine Hart - …… In the 1930s when Francesca, Catherine and Susan were born another hotel was started in the town, this time built of brick. This affected trade and to diversify, Logan and Fenella bought Moseley Farm 5 miles north of the town, and Fenella started a dress shop, Madame Mabel of Nanyuki. Fenella and Miss Kirkup made the first dress themselves. …….
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Aberdare Voters List has Helen Kirkup, milliner, Nanyuki