on July 25 1914 at the pit village of Brierley near Cinderford. Her father, Charlie, was a coal miner who read widely, debated politics and philosophy, and learned sign language to converse with the village's lone deaf mute. Although her great-aunt's tumbledown cottage, where the Masons lived, had no gas, electricity or running water, and there was never enough to eat, young Poll (as Winifred was known in the family) shared her father's love of books.At school she was regularly beaten by the tyrannical headmaster until he noticed the compositions and poems in her exercise book and marched her into the top class.
from Telegraph: Winifred Foley
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