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Hello, Jazzgirl.
What you have done is sensible.
She would have been 22 in 1952, so it fits.
She lives in North London.
Is Hampstead in North London?
"Meet Anne Bradford" is an article in the Guardian all about her.
It is online.
I found it very interesting.

Hampstead is 4 miles northwest of Charing Cross postcode district NW3

Ros is a good genealogist and she knows as well as I do that finding snippets of information can often lead to false trails, so there would have to be more research to arrive at the facts. . So... as there is nothing shown on the internet regarding Anne, I guess that we have to respect her privacy. I have finished the Everyman and now off for a walk by the river

I agree JG, though I think you are a genius to find what you did. She clearly wants to remain largely unknown so I think we should leave it there. I will, however, be requesting one of her books for Christmas!
Genealogically speaking I am now investigating a family with members in both a workhouse and a Bluecoat School. I feel really sorry for those lads having to wear a bright blue frock coat and yellow or yellow/white banded stockings until 1939! At least they were clothed, educated and fed which is more than happened to other orphans/children of single parents/street children in the 19th century.

Good morning, Rusty!
A lovely day here!
I am just back from my walk!
Oh dear! Had I received your message before I went out, I could have saved you all a lot of trouble!
I could have told you Anne's age!
I had looked her up previously out of interest..........
I'd already read that article about her in the Guardian, but there was another reference on Goggle that gave her as being born in 1930.
Bad timing!
Still, it provoked a bit of "chat" - that is always a good thing!
Hampstead is where The Royal Free Hospital is, where I used to work.
Hampstead is a mile from Swiss Cottage and about the same distance from St John's Wood.
It is 2 miles from Kilburn.
Does that help?
Time for the Everyman........and a coffee!

Hello, Elle!
All very interesting!
I just wondered if her and Lyn were neighbours as they both live in North London!
I found an interview with Anne R Bradford in "The Lady" magazine.
(I just happened across it!)
The word that started her out on her Dictionary was "lat", a Hindi word meaning "pillar".
She is a Geordie by birth, and is described as "erudite, educated, and immaculately mannered."
No puzzle for me today.
I am just having a look at the Tour of Britain leaving Edinburgh.
Maria is due on Arthur Ashe Court at 18.00 UK time.

hi rusty
I am back from my short stroll.
As you mention Anne being a Geordie, I have checked the lady I found in the marriage to Mr Bradford and she was indeed born in Northumberland, Newcastle on Tyne. That's my bit of genealogy for this morning.

hi Ros
It was very easy to find the info. I am not a genius by any stretch of the imagination.
You must know the two reliable sites that I use :)
I also assist in finding "long lost family". A recent success was finding the long lost sister of a friend of mine who is now 89. I found her sister living at Bluff, New Zealand and put them both in touch. They were both amazed and thrilled.

Well done, Jazzgirl!
Think I'll leave the lady in peace now!

Hi, Rusty!
I am being a bit slow on the uptake with the Everyman today......
Still four to finish......
I shall fall back on the excuse of lack of sleep!
Now update on cat.......he has a bit of a temperature this morning......but w/e on-call vet saying he still might be able to go home this afternoon.
However, I have queried that perhaps we and cat should see our "ususal" vet tomorrow, before cat is discharged.
After all, the cat is really her patient.
So we have an appointment to see Karin (vet) tomorrow at 11o'clock.
Then she can assess the cat and discus her future "plan".
This sounds sensible?
Meanwhile, we shall "visit" this afternoon at 4pm.
I wonder what Maria will wear today????

jazzgirl, Yes, I could not do without my two full subscriptions! I tell myself most other hobbies are more expensive and then I look at the books I've also bought recently.....
Good for you and the NZ family. It's much harder finding long lost living relatives than than the Victoriansisn't it? (unless your name is Smith or Brown etc, of course) The family trees on the internet are a great help, though I haven't put mine on there. The NZ phone books are on line and I traced some of my family that way, though they weren't very interested.

For anyone who hasn't read it, "The Surgeon of Crowthorne" by Simon Winchester is a fascinating read concerning the Oxford English Dictionary (also murder and insanity, bearing in mind that place-name)