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We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note: The Kettle’s Yard house will be closed on Tuesday 10 June.

Mary Adams

Born 1924. The younger of Jim and Helen Ede’s two daughters. In her interview, she describes her childhood in Hampstead, moving to Tangier aged 12, her relationship with her mother and a more distant one with her father. Later recollections include Kettle’s Yard, and visiting Jim when he had moved to Edinburgh.

Interviews