Mrs King

As I'm reading all the posts on Ada Lovelace day, it reminds me of Vaughn King, who was such an inspiration to me.
When I knew her she was a little old lady who lived near us in Kingsgate, near Broadstairs in Kent.
I don't know her maiden name, but I remember she'd graduated from Cambridge at 18 and had worked with Kodak in the early days of photography.
I was the first of my family to go to Grammar School and was having a difficult time at home and school around the age of 15 to 18. She was a real support to me and kept me working hard to go to university.
She was well enough to see me get there, but soon after contracted Alzheimer's disease and had to go into a home.
I would have liked her to see me become a Chartered Engineer.

Ada Lovelace Day

Amy Johnson died delivering planes to airbases in the war as part of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
The women of the ATA flew every type of plane, many more than the fighter pilots, flying the planes from the factories to the bases.
Before the war, Amy set numerous flying records, including being the first women to fly solo from Britain to Australia, and set the solo record for flying from London to Cape Town.
This blog has been issued in support of AdaLovelaceDay (http://www.pledgebank.com/AdaLovelaceDay)