The night Malvern painter Alys Woodman captured a German airman
Alys Woodman was an accomplished painter, one of the Malvern school of artists, with several works exhibited. perhaps less well-known was her bravery during the Second World War when confronted by a German airman. Local family historian Chris Sutton, whose recent article on the 1939 National Register sparked much interest, looks back at events that night ALICE Woodman lived at Kinley Cottage in Upper Welland. Her 1939 Register details tell us she was looking after her parents and she was born in 1897. Nothing more than that, but there was a lot more to Alice. In the early hours of July 31...
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