Veronica Watts with her sons Paul and Tony.
veronica watts, born 1919
teacher
Veronica Watts was born in Darlington, County Durham, about 13 miles from Richmond, where her father was stationed in the Army at the time. She was christened Violet Alecia. But she never liked being called Violet, and later changed it to Veronica, when she entered the Catholic Church and was re-christened in 1939. By profession a teacher, Veronica Watts was married twice. Firstly to Gordon Watts, an army officer with whom she spent several years in Germany after the Second World War. They had four children. Secondly to Patrick Watts (formerly Patrick Thompson) with whom she ran Arun Tutors, a boarding school near Andover providing individual tuition for a small number of students, often with personal as well as learning problems.
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Source: One of seven life stories extracted in 2020 by Tony Watts (son of Veronica Watts) from a family history written jointly by him and his three siblings: Paul, Veronica Mary, and Clare.