February 2024

Dorothy Pearson

Dorothy Marion Westall Pearson was born 2nd May 1908 in Hampstead. Her father was John Westall Pearson & her sister Maud (Corbett after marriage).

While at school Dorothy met Dimmie Hill, who became Dimmie Fleming after she married, and they became friends. When she left school Dorothy helped her mother run the bulldog kennels. She also exhibited some of them at dog shows. After the closure of the bulldog kennels Dorothy took up a job in London, she was working in London by 1948.

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