Sue Light of the wonderful
Scarlet Finders Website about nurses in the First World War - http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/
- recently sent me a delightful WW1 collection of poetry written by a lady
called Kathleen Grant in 1914 – 1915 and published by Kathleen through Sherton’s
printers and stationers under the title ‘War
Poems’. Thank you so much Sue – this is
a fantastic find and it was very kind of you to think of me.
It seems that Kathleen lived
in Cheltenham because if you look at the poem she wrote about collecting for
the war effort with her dog Pon-Pon, a black and white Pomeranian, she mentions
‘the Mayor of Cheltenham’. The address
on the end of some of Kathleen’s poems is Keynsham Villa.
If anyone in Cheltenham has
any information about Kathleen Grant please get in touch. Ideally, I would like a photograph and some
biographical information about Kathleen.
Thank you.
Pon-Pon walks in the Prom. By
Kathleen Grant
“Pom-Pom” walks in the Prom,
Put a penny, or a pound,
Anything that’s round.
He’s got a little black box
on his back ;
Put it in gently, you’ll
soon learn the knack.
Pom’s a pretty dog – “black
and white,”
With his flags he’s a
rattling good sight ;
His ribbons are sweet, it’s
a dear dog you’ll meet,
He will beg – his job he’s
not shunned !
With a box for the National
Relief Fund.
So give him a chance, ladies
and gentlemen, do !
And show the Mayor of
Cheltenham
What Pon-Pon can do.
KATHLEEN GRANT, Keynsham
Villa, September 1914
