Florence Mary Hoatson

HOATSON, Florence Mary. b. Leyton, East London, 13 October 1881; d. Micheldean, Gloucestershire, 28 January 1964. She was the daughter of a Congregational minister; she spent part of her childhood in Christchurch, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia. She was a teacher, specializing in infant and primary school teaching, although for a short period (1917-20) she worked for the National Sunday School Union at its Cardiff office. Her books, such as The Palace of Gifts and other Primary Stories (1925), and Three Christmas Plays for Children under Ten Years (1929) are evidence of her professional interest. She published two books of poems, The Little White Gate (1925) and Lavender’s Blue...