1959 Press Photo Margaret Saunders heart operation twins Heather Hazel Day

Margaret - Thirteen Years Old Starts Her New Life. Thirteen year old Margaret Saunders started a new life today when she went to the Barclay Secondary Modern School at Stevenage - knowing that for the first time she would be able to work - skip dance and play - just like the other pupils. Margaret has completely recovered from a hole in the heart operation earlier this summer... Her father had the same operation in 1956 - so they are the first known case of a hole in the heart being found in parent and child. Keystone Photo Shows: Margaret Saunders skipping helped by twins Heather (left) and Hazel Day - aged thirteen - at school today.

Photo measures 6 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 9-9-1959.



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