Norman Palmer Poyntz Chamarette

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1921, England; He says in his letter to Pamela Falcus that he left India aged 17 for England to complete his medical education and never had the opportunity to return.

Notes:

Norman remembers that when he was a child - maybe 5 or 6 - his half sister Beryl was like a second mother to him. She made sure he got to school ( on his pony) and supervised his Ayah 'to do all the things children are in need of; such as, how to tie shoe(boot) laces. I wore Eton collars to school and Sunday school. I presume you know what these broad high collars are like and we as children disliked them, often hid them on the very top shelf of the wardrobe.'
He says we (eight of them ) never thought of Beryl as a HALF sister.
'We were a very loving quarrel-free family, with every comfort imaginable, in that day of the 'British Raj' alas now gone for ever. Our garden grew mangoes, pomegranites, custard apples, mulberries, citrus fruits, almond tree, berries of exotic kind and guavas. Needless to say I climbed treea and ate the fruit in the branches! We had pets; dogs, cats, ponies, donkeys, doves, pigeons and more! Even had a rail-track at the back used when 'The Nest' (our home) was in building. My Mum (nee Mary Louise Fallon)was always known as 'Birdie" hence 'The Nest"! We had various carriages and large horses. (No cars) - No telephone - No electric (or gas) lights.'
He goes on to say that despite these lacks it was 'as Shangri La'.

Norman married Mary Caroline P Hopkins before 1936. Mary was born on 2 Oct 1909; died on 13 Nov 1987 in Garstang, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]