WELL known on the Island, national and international yachting scene, Eileen Elliot has died at the age of 95. Mrs Elliot s association with the Island goes back to the 1930s when her parents built The Wight House in Yarmouth. After leaving Upper Chine School in Shanklin, she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service with her best friend, Bunty Minchin, and served at HMS Flowerdown intercepting German navy signals for decoding at Bletchley. Returning to Yarmouth on leave, she was able to wave at her father, Lieutenant-Commander George Cecil Hans Hamilton, as he sailed past on his way to serve as the beachmaster on Gold Beach during the invasion of France in 1944.
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Hattie s story. Two scuffed holdalls dumped on the chipped, greasy laminate; perching on the edge of a sagging old Homebase bed with a savagely squeaking rubber cover. In the corner, a yellowing fridge complains. I imagine I am a student again. I am in shock and it is the only thing I can think of to allay the reality and terror of landing in this grubby, sad Monmouth homeless hostel that straddles the bridge opposite a sprawling, luxury branch of Waitrose. My mind returns to travels in Europe as a teenager; the grotty hostels of Copenhagen, Berlin and Vienna . how none of it mattered, only the adventure and particular sense of wonder that is the playmate of growing up and exploring the world; life unfolding.