Anna Clark Hender was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1930. Though fate, marriage, and her beautiful soprano voice would later take her to Canada and the United States, in "Memories O' Mine" she shares her memories of everyday life in a Great Britain on the cusp of WWII, so different from what we know today: "Dad was one of eight and Mum of seven kids. All married and living in a large town on the east coast of Scotland. Closeness of family and community helped us have a happy childhood in spite of "the Depression," and World War two. Born in a time of Gas Mantles for light and coal fires for...
Anna Clark Hender was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1930. Though fate, marriage, and her beautiful soprano voice would later take her to Canada and the...