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Olive Checkland was the only child of Robert Anthony, a young naval petty officer, and Edith Philipson, one of the large family of John Philipson. Born in rural Northumberland, John moved to the wider horizons of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and rose to be High Chief Ruler of the Rechabite Order in Britain.
Olive proved a bright pupil and moved on to study geography at Birmingham University in 1938, becoming the first in her family to graduate. She took a keen interest in student affairs and it was in Birmingham that she met her future husband, Canadian Sydney Checkland, whom she married in 1942.See the full content of this document
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Olive Checkland
After a difficult time looking after Sydney as he recovered from wartime injuries, she soon had five children while also moving house as her hus...
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