The Reepham Archive wants to know if anyone has any knowledge of or information about Margaret Alice Goodfellow, née Woolfenden, or her daughter, Elizabeth Stephen.
A book (pictured) was recently handed into the Archive; is there a Reepham connection?
This sturdy ledger is full, with more than 80 pages of handwritten recipes. The only date mentioned is August 1938 on page 1, when someone entered a few account details. It then appears to have been abandoned as an account book and used to record recipes.
The recipes include eggs and sugar so must have been written before or sometime after World War II – unless of course they were happy memories when such luxuries were unavailable.
On the front page is written “This book contains recipes collected by Margaret Alice Goodfellow (née Woolfenden) (Granny Margo) passed to her daughter Elizabeth Stephen on her death in 197?.”
Towards the end of the book is a handwritten note: “These recipes added by Joan Williams of Alderford […]. I bought this book in Reepham and I think it’s lovely. Wish I knew when it was started.”
This is followed with a note above a description of Salad Niçoise: “Reminds me of the holiday with Karen and Stephen at Cap d’Antibes.”
Can anyone shed any more light?
Ann Middlemas Email