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Letters from Karen Marisa Phillips

Karen on her trip to South Africa: 'Emblazoned' in her memory Sydney, Karen and Marie Phillips I was in Matumi and looking through some old photo albums and saw pictures of a family member I had never met. She must have been about the same age as me at the time, a bit younger perhaps. She was pretty, with long wavy hair and a sweet smile and I wondered what the connection was: Karen Dear Philip, I am the second and youngest daughter of Nola's brother Sydney Cecil Phillips and Marie Phillips , and was looking on the Internet for my South African relatives and extended family. I rather spontaneously plugged in "Nola Hall" into Google this morning, and came up with your wonderful website about your parents Tony and Eve Hall . I can remember our getting letters from them when I was a child, and hearing about their travels and I remember hearing about them being in India. I grew up overseas in Belgium and Turkey, and only came to South Africa once when