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George Henry WASHBROOKE & Violet Rose (nee NEWTON) (Dave's parents) |
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31st May 1941: Violet & George's Marriage | ||||
Marriage cert, Watford RO, HRT |
Violet & George |
Violet & George with Auntie Rose |
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1941-1948: Pre Isle of Wight | ||||
1943 Virginia |
1946ish: George's sister, Rose (left) & Edward, Violet & Virginia. |
1946ish Virginia |
1948ish Virginia |
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1948-1956: Isle of Wight Era | ||||
1949ish Violet & Dave |
1952ish: 34 Arcon Estate: Back row L-R: Ann Blyth, Virginia - Front row L-R: Jane Blyth, Dave, Ann Reed - Arcon Estate prefabs, East Cowes, Isleof Wight (Washbrooke home 1948-52) - The estate has now gone. I don't know if no 34 is shown in this picture |
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. 28 Beatrice Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight (Washbrooke home 1952-56) |
1950ish WASHBROOKE Family |
1950ish Violet & children |
1950ish Violet & Virginia |
1951ish Virginia - school |
1952ish Virginia - school |
1952ish Virginia - school |
1953ish Virginia - school |
1954 Dave - Grange Road School |
1954ish Virginia |
1955 Dave |
1955 Dave - Grange Road School |
1955 George & Violet |
1954ish Virginia - school |
1955 Virginia |
1955: Brief Hol with the "Welsh" Rellies | ||||
1955: Dave & cousin, Denise NEWTON |
1955: Dave & Virginia with cousin, Moyra WYBREW |
1955: Violet with her Mum, Rosa |
1955: L-R: Moyra WYBREW, Dave, Denise NEWTON, Virginia |
1955: Virginia & Dave |
1955: Back row L-R: Virginia, Dave, Denise NEWTON, Moyra WYBREW - Front row L-R: Violet, Vi's Mum: Rosa Jane NEWTON (nee MAIL - "Little Granny"), Vi's sister: May Edith WYBREW |
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1948-1956: Isle of Wight Era (continued) | ||||
1955ish Dave Virginia - Cowes |
1955ish Dave with cousins, John & Moyra WYBREW |
1955ish WASHBROOKE family at Auntie Rose's hut at Thorness, IOW |
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1955ish George - Cowes |
1955ish Violet & Dave - Cowes |
1955ish Violet, Virginia & Dave - Cowes |
1955ish Virginia & Dave - Ryde |
1955ish Virginia - school |
1956-1968: Battersea Era | ||||
1956 Dave - John Milton School |
1956ish Dave & Virginia - Kew |
1956ish George & Dave - Kew |
1956ish Violet, Dave & Virginia - Chessington |
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1956ish Violet, Dave & Virginia - Kew |
1956ish Violet & Virginia - Chessington |
1956ish Violet - Kew |
1956ish Virgina & Dave - Kew |
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1956 Ralph OATLEY & Freda CHESSELL Marriage Back row L-R: George, Cecil Edward OATLEY ("Uncle Peter"), Colin OATLEY (Dave's cousin), Maurice John RICHARDS ("Uncle John"), Ada Emily OATLEY (nee WASHBROOKE - "Auntie Ada"), Ralph OATLEY (Dave's cousin), Freda Lillian OATLEY (nee CHESSELL), Florence Rose RICHARDS (nee WASHBROOKE - "Auntie Rose"), Christine Pearl OATLEY ()Dave's cousin), Emily Charlotte WASHBROOKE (nee BUNDAY - "Nan" FM). I assume the last couple are Freda's parents. Front row L-R: Violet, Virginia, Thomas George RICHARDS (Dave's cousin), Edward John RICHARDS (Dave's cousin), Dave. I assume the other nipper is Freda's brother. |
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1956ish Virginia - school |
1957 Dave - John Milton School |
1958 Dave - John Milton School |
1960ish Dave - passport pic |
1960ish Virginia |
1961ish: Dave with Emily Charlotte (nee BUNDAY - his "Nan") & Violet, London |
1961ish: Violet & Dave, Austria |
Virginia - 87 Wadhurst Road, Battersea |
Wadhurst Road, Battersea - Loco returning to Nine Elms engine sheds. No 87 was on the track side of the road, 5 or 6 houses along from the near end. |
1966: Dave - 87 Wadhurst Road |
1965ish NEWTON Family Group Back L-R: John GORDON (Ivy's son), Jim, Albert James GRIFFITHS (Daisy's husband). Middle L-R: Ivy, Daisy Front L-R: Leonard Percival WYBREW (May's husband), May. Front centre: Violet, Rosa. |
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1966: Mum & Dad's Silver Wedding | ||||
L-R: Dave, Steve Marsh, George Merson, Ray Float, Pete Norris |
L-R: Ray Float, Virginia, Dave, Pete Norris, Steve Marsh, George Merson |
Emily Charlotte WASHBROOKE (nee BUNDAY - George's Mum) |
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L-R: Dad's friend, Buster Leyton's wife (first name unknown), Emily Charlotte WASHBROOKE (nee BUNDAY - George's Mum), Virginia, Violet), Vi's sister: May Edith WYBREW (nee NEWTON - "Auntie May") |
L-R: Vi's sister: Ivy Joyce GORDON (nee NEWTON - "Auntie Ivy"), Moyra D WYBREW, Vi's sister: May Edith WYBREW (nee NEWTON - "Auntie May"), Violet |
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L-R: Violet, Virginia, Vi's sister: May Edith WYBREW (nee NEWTON -"Auntie May") |
L-R: Violet, Vi's sister: May Edith WYBREW (nee NEWTON - "Auntie May") |
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1968-1995: Streatham Era | ||||
Flat B, 1 Brookview Road, Streatham, London SW16 6UA |
Dave continues here ... |
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1972ish: Virginia & Ted's Christmas Party | ||||
Stan, Violet & Ivy |
Ted & May |
Ted & Vi |
Ted |
Violet & George |
Violet, May & George |
George & Virginia |
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1974 WASHBROOKEs, OATLEYs & RICHARDSs | ||||
Back row L-R: Colin OATLEY, Maurice John RICHARDS ("Uncle John"). Middle row L-R: George's sister: Ada Emily OATLEY (nee WASHBROOKE - "Auntie Ada"), Cecil Edward OATLEY ("Uncle Peter"), Ralph OATLEY, George, Freda L OATLEY (nee CHESSELL). Front row L-R: Mavis E OATLEY (nee MAXFIELD), Violet, George's sister: Florence Rose RICHARDS (nee WASHBROOKE - "Auntie Rose"). |
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After the kids have gone | ||||
1980ish George - Spain |
1985ish: L-R: Violet, Cynthia (Jim's partner), May Edith WYBREW (nee NEWTON), Ivy Joyce GORDON (nee NEWTON) |
1988: L-R: Ivy Joyce GORDON (nee NEWTON), Violet, May Edith WYBREW (nee NEWTON) |
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1990ish Violet & Betty Boozing |
1990ish Violet & Betty - Stamford |
1993: Violet (right) with sister-in-law, Rose RICHARDS (nee WASHBROOKE), & her husband, John |
George and Vi met in 1941 at Watford Junction railway station, where george was working as a porter guard and Vi as a porter. They married the same year.
George was in lodgings near Kew Bridge, London 1950-56, coming home to the Isle of Wight every third weekend.