Argus title : Set a benchmark to benefit the city
This article is inspired by 3 women I never met – Lily Newsome (nee Boothroyd) and her two sisters Ivy and Glendora Boothroyd. Lily died in 1980 aged 85, Ivy and Glendora in 1982 and 1994, aged 81 and 96 respectively.
I think of the sisters often. They seem like old friends. When I rest on their memorial bench in the rose garden behind Hove Museum, I am grateful to them for the ease and comfort they give me.
I do not know if the sisters lived their lives well, but in death I associate them with rest and contentment. And this is a fine way for any human being to be remembered. Continue reading
