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NICHOLSON, MAVIS
Mavis Nicholson was born in 1930 and brought up in Briton Ferry, South Wales. She has led careers in advertising, copywriting and television presenting. She now lives in Powys and contributes to The Oldie magazine as an agony aunt. Mavis has worked for HTV, producing a film entitled People Like Us (1996), which explores how the deaths of both of her parents of Alzheimer’s Disease changed her life. Mavis now lives with her husband in Powys.
Selected Publications:
Help Yourself: Solutions to the Practical Problems of Everyday Life (Coronet, 1974)
Martha Jane and Me (Chatto and Windus, 1991)
What Did You Do In The War, Mummy? (Pimlico, 1996)