My Secret Sister: Jenny Lucas and Helen Edwards' Family Story (47 page)

14. Jenny being awarded the silver candlesticks and tray as the winner of the inaugural Women’s British Open in 1976.

15. Jenny dominates the Women’s Professional Golf Association tour in 1981.

16. Helen standing on her balcony and Mercia sitting in the living room of their first flat in South Africa.

17. Helen and Simon’s wedding in South Africa, with Tommy and Mercia – note her fixed expression.

18. Jenny and her children – Katie, Ben and Josh in the foreground – with Mercia in her flat.

19. Jenny with Mercia outside her flat – their first and only meeting.

20. Jenny (right) with her cousin Wendy who helped her search for her birth family.

21. Jenny and Sam.

22. Helen and Dennis.

23. Jenny and Helen in 2012 – twins who are happy to be together at last.

24. Wilfred Harrison, Helen and Jenny’s biological father.

Picture Acknowledgements

All photographs from the authors’ own collections apart from
here
, © the
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
,
here
, main picture © Mike Sanders and the
Daily Mail.

Every effort has been made to contact the copyright holders of the material reproduced in this book. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publisher will be pleased to make restitution at the earliest opportunity.

Helen Edwards
trained as a nurse, and worked in the NHS for several years, mainly in operating theatres. She then became a district nurse, before moving to Australia where she worked in operating theatres, casualty and a coronary care unit. On her return to the UK she was employed at the Nuffield Hospital in Newcastle, followed by a position in occupational health nursing. Forced to retire due to back problems, she qualified as a hypnotherapist and psychotherapist. She is married to Dennis Edwards and lives in Northumberland.

Jenny Lee Smith
is perhaps best known for winning the very first Women’s British Open Golf Championship in 1976. Internationally, she played for England in the 1975 European Team Championships, was a member of the British Curtis Cup team in 1974 and 1976, and played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1976. She turned professional in 1977 and gained her player’s card to compete on the American Ladies Professional Golf Association tour that year. In 1979 Jenny was a founder member of the European Women’s Professional Golf Association going on to win twelve tour events. She was the highest-earning woman golfer on the European tour in 1981 and 1982 and was awarded the Order of Merit each time. Jenny now lives in Kent with her husband Sam Lucas, daughter Katie and sons Ben and Josh.