decca had the communist hammer & sickle to mark her territory. unity drew swastikas (bon jovi, clearly the fascists in this scenario) to designate hers. another mitford sis, diana, married oswald mosley. the other three were a duchess, an author (nancy of 'love in a cold climate' fame) & pamela, an accomplished cavorter.
at the age of 19, decca bought a camera with her father's credit & ran away to fight in the spanish civil war.
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decca mitford (born #otd in 1917) would've been ROFLcopter if she'd been alive to see the absurdity of england today. as the fifth-born of six sisters, she was surrounded by that particular brand of wealthy english eccentricity - that breed that thinks it's in perpetual penury.
it's no surprise that jessica (or, as her sisters anointed her, decca) was left largely to her own devices. the room she shared with her older sister, unity (who would later have an intimate relationship with adolf hitler), was designated in a typically adolescent way. your sister may have had bon jovi posters on her walls whereas you had bauhaus. decca had the communist hammer & sickle to mark her territory. unity drew swastikas (bon jovi, clearly the fascists in this scenario). another mitford sis, diana, married oswald mosley.
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