Alan Joseph Gregory

Carter's old friend Alan Joseph Gregory (Grog) moved in a few weeks after the couple were married; he lived with them for the next thirteen years. Like Pip, he involved himself in MA 's work...

They moved in with Grog , their servant Christina Carter (whose surname was a coincidence), and their friend Mary Orr acting as a second servant.

From this the young author made herself an annual income averaging £200. She went on writing for Girls' Cinema until its demise in September 1935, and also contributed verse and stories to Aunt Maud's next...

MA , her husband Pip Carter , and their friend Grog , moved into Viaduct Farm at Chappel in Suffolk, near her parents' house at Shelley.