It came to my notice that Frances Clamp passed recently. She was a former teacher and Head of Year in a comprehensive school, and an author and an historian and I couldn't put it better than Sylvia Kent has on her blog. She produced at least fourteen books and was former President of the Brentwood Writers' Circle and a member of the Society of Women Writer's and Journalists.
I first met Frances when I became a member of the Basildon Heritage Project Team, I think this was 2006 or 2007. I was a researcher, and after the completion of the Basildon Heritage Trail Frances had her book Basildon, Our Heritage published in 2008. I have my signed copy from Frances at home. Frances and Vin and others visited schools as part of the project and brought children out to look at parts of Basildon, discovering it's history. The children also had the chance to take photographs.
Frances was a knowledgeable, kind and professional woman. So kind that she voluntarily ran Story Corner for a community art project I was doing in 2007. She had written a trilogy for children and did a great job in inspiring the children to write stories.
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