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My great-great-grandfather.

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The father-in-law of my great-great-uncle, James Wyatt.

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My first cousin, twice removed. I can just about remember her: she lived in a house in Ashtead that had had the first floor destroyed by a bomb in the Second World War but it was never rebuilt and the stairs lead nowhere.

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My great-great-grandfather (George Wyatt) is third from the left, my great-great uncle (James Wyatt) fourth from the left and my great-grandfather (John Wyatt) fifth from the left.

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The elderly man second form the left is probably George Wyatt, my great-great-grandfather. The cart behind him is from Stoke Mill, near Guildford.

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The Wyatt family home sold many years ago but still standing as a pair of private houses in Blacksmith Close.

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The Bowyer family ran Stoke Mill, near Guildford at that time so presumably the cart is theirs.

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Possibly Church Street, North Kilworth.

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The brother-in-law of my great-great-uncle, James Wyatt.

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The mother-in-law of my great-great-uncle, James Wyatt.

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The brother-in-law of my great-great-uncle, James Wyatt.

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My great-great grandmother.

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My great-great-uncle.

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Photographed by Hopkins of Epsom, but she could be a member of the Savage family on a visit to Ashtead.

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My great-great-grandfather, who owned the forge in Rectory Lane, Ashtead.

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Agnes Grace Richardson was my grandfather's aunt.

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The gates were sadly demolished after the house was sold.

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This was a 1958 Self Drive Johnstone Midget coach, with a 70cc two-stroke engine, at Peter Pan's Playground on Madeira Drive, Brighton.

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Ted Steele was my father's foreman, possibly at Mollart. It seems they later became pally, perhaps from a shared love of motorbikes.

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Marcia was my father's girlfriend before he met my mother.

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I can't see myself here, although I recognise most of my classmates - perhaps I took the picture?

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Presumably friends of my father, John Bishop. It's possible that he's at top right.

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Probably the house of Dr. R Young Kenny.

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Possibly Margaret Freeman on the right.

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Possibly Southend Pier.

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Believed to be, from left: Daisy Mitchell (née Miller), Hazel Mitchell, Maud Miller (née Bishop), Alan Mitchell, George Miller.

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Less than two years later the Hood was sunk with the loss of all but 3 of the crew of 1,418.

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From left: Doris Bishop, Lillian Caswell, Lillian Porter, Bernard Caswell, Julia Bishop, Ted Porter, John Bishop. I assume that the picture was taken by me as I'm not in it.

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Lillian Porter in chair and Bill Porter by table, probably in the Caswells' flat in Shalston Villas, Surbiton.

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From left: Ted Porter, Lillian Porter, Frank Bourne, Winnie Bourne, Doris Bishop (back to camera), David Bourne, Dennis Bourne, Bernard Caswell. Probably in the Caswells' flat in Shalston Villas, Surbiton.

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I think I'm on the left and Christopher Howe is on the right.

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At right are Jessie Mylam, Alf Mylam, (baby) Stephen and Doris Bishop.

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I can't be certain that this is my christening at St. Mark's, Surbiton, although the mix of family members would match that occasion. From left, top row: Ted Porter, Cyril Baker, Bernard Caswell, unknown man, Jean Baker, Fred Bishop, unknown woman, Doris Bishop holding baby Stephen, Mary Winifred ("Auntie Winnie") Wyatt (?), Lillian Porter, Annie Joyce Wyatt (?), unknown woman, Lillian Caswell, Florry Howe, Harry Howe; bottom row: unknown boy, unknown man holding unknown toddler, unknown girl.

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Perhaps John Bishop's work colleagues?

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Notice that St. Mark's church is still open to the sky after wartime bomb damage. I was christened in temporary church premises behind the wall.

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Probably Regent's Park.

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Some of the faces are familiar - this is from my father's mother's family. Seems to be related to the wedding photograph in 0000-XX-22-2136.

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Very smartly dressed - not what I'd wear on a trip to Lundy Island...

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Perhaps from my father's National Service days after the war, possibly Catterick.

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Hazel and Alan are the children of my father's cousin Daisy Mitchell (née Miller).

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Perhaps from my father's National Service days after the war.

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This could be my father's old school friend, Cyril Baker.

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Hazel and Alan are the children of my father's cousin Daisy Mitchell (née Miller).

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From left: Florry Tomlinson, Lillian (Maud) Porter, "Cousin Milly" (?), unknown boy, Lillian Caswell.

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The man at the back with the pipe is probably Gordon, my father's cousin Joyce's husband, and next to him my father's uncle Hedley James Wyatt.

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From left: Lillian Caswell, Lillian Porter, Doris Bishop, Bernard Caswell, Stephen Bishop, Fred Bishop, Ted Porter (with Nellie on lap).

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Fred Bishop and Ted Porter, with Nellie between them. Used for our 2015 Christmas card.

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Sons David and Dennis.

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From left at back: Winnie Bourne, Doris Porter, Florrie Tomlinson and Lillian Caswell. At front: Bernard Caswell with Dennis Bourne (?).

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Standing at the back (from left): -, Florry Tomlinson, Lillian Caswell, Bernard Caswell. On deckchairs: Doris Porter -, -, -. The boy on the right may be Dennis Bourne.

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Florry's mother was always known to us as "Mrs. Tomlinson" - I never met her father.

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Possibly John's girlfriend Mary on the left.

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I've spent a lot of time trying to identify the location. It looks generally like the Isle of Wight, but nowhere on the island seems to fit.

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This was possibly on his retirement from the GPO after 30 years' service.

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The building still exists, at 18 North Road Shanklin, but it is now divided into flats as Scinde Court.

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From left: Ted Porter, Lillian Caswell, Lillian Porter, Bernard Caswell.

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Possibly Clacton.

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My mother Doris Bishop (née Porter) is on the left, and I assume the others are friends of my parents. I can't work out the location, although other pictures in the same set were taken in Cornwall.

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Subject unknown, but from comparison with other images in this set it could be on the edges of Newquay, above Porth Beach. Note the new houses being built.

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Location unknown, but probably in Cornwall near Newquay. I can't read the wording on the fingerpost, but it might be "St. Columb".

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The Trojan Mini-Motor was a clip on engine providing power assistance for bicycles, with a simple roller bearing on the rear tyre. I can remember my father using one to go to work in the early Sixties.

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The relationship of Vic and Joan Bower to my father remains a mystery, although we have several photographs of their wedding.

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This might possibly be Guernsey, as there is a car with a numbers-only registration in the background and my father visited the island at that time.

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Julia Bishop is just visible, centre left, behind Jill Humphries. It's possible that I'm standing in the middle with my back to the camera, hands on hips.

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This is Ted and Lillian Porter's golden wedding anniversary. On the left, seated: Wally Caswell, his wife Doris Caswell (née Kent)?, Harry Howe, Florry Howe (née Tomlinson), Doris Bishop (née Porter). At rear, standing: Flo Hicks (née Porter), George Hicks, Bernard Caswell, Ted Porter, Archie Herries, Lillian Porter (née Potter), Frank Bourne. On the right: Julia Bishop, Tina Herries, Lillian Caswell (née Porter), Winnie Bourne (née Caswell), Stephen Bishop.

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On the left: Harry Howe, Winnie Bourne (née Caswell), John Bishop, Tina Herries, Wally Caswell, Flo Hicks (née Porter - just visible),Stephen Bishop, Lillian Porter (née Potter), Ted Porter, Julia Bishop, George Hicks, Doris Caswell (née Kent)?, Archie Herries, Doris Bishop (née Porter), Frank Bourne.

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My father was obviously proud of his lance-corporal's stripe.

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Presumably friends of my father, but nobody that I recognise.

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Perhaps from my father's National Service days after the war.

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From my father's National Service days after the war.

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From my father's National Service days after the war. I don't know whether the man on the right was a friend from this service or an earlier acquaintance.

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From my father's National Service days after the war.

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The location is taken from my distant memories - the barn burnt down in 1969 - plus the orientation of the weathercock and the unusual concrete road surface. Pictures of the barn at Tolworth Court Farm are hard to find.

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The woman on the left may be his girlfriend Mary.

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Notice the cake - this is presumably for a wedding reception - and the nearest two places are labelled "Mum" and "Dad".

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Assumed to be John Bishop's workmates - the boss at the back.

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Almost certainly Chessington Zoo.

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From left: Lillian Caswell, Ted Porter (with Nellie on lap), John Bishop, Doris Bishop, Stephen Bishop (on rocking horse), Lillian Porter.

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From left: Lillian Porter, Lillian Caswell (née Porter), Doris Bishop (née Porter), Stephen Bishop, John Bishop, Fred Bishop, Ted Porter. Probably at Shalston Villas, Surbiton.

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Assumed to be John Bishop's workmates.

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The annual ritual of fixing the Christmas tree lights, Shalston Villas.

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The woman is possibly my father's cousin Joyce Wyatt, from my memories of her when older.

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Registered 6.4.39 to Great Western & Southern Air Lines Ltd, Shoreham, Sussex (later Speke, Liverpool); named "Vanguard".

Operated by 'C' Flight 24 Squadron, Hendon from 17.9.39. Damaged tail in forced landing in snowstorm at Moyenneville, Somme, Pas-de-Calais, France 12.2.40; not repaired, and later destroyed by fire in evacuation from France 4.5.40.[Aviation Safety Network]

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A huge rally against Hitler's aggression and British appeasement took place in London in 1938. [FRENCH PREMIER IN LONDON]

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The elegant Seaview Pier barely survived the Second World War and was demolished in 1952.

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Note the air-raid shelter at the end of the garden.

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With my sister Julia in St. John's Street on the way from Thompson's Lane to the ceremony. My mother and father are in the background, so I believe this was taken by my Uncle Bernard.

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Christopher is in his mother Florry's arms at left, with his father Harry to the left of them. I'm held by my Uncle Bernard, top row, third from right and I'm clutching Pandy. My Auntie Lillian is on the far right, with my mother Doris just below her; my grandmother Lillian and Florry's mother (Mrs. Tomlinson) are at the right of the front row.

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The boy on the right is unknown but presumably local.

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My mother, Doris, is third from the right.

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The picture was taken at Miss Hart's house, "Hill Brow", Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells. Miss Hart's housekeeper was Agnes Richardson, my father's great aunt and hence my great-great-aunt. The house still stands, at 49-50 Mount Ephraim, TN4 8AU.

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My father worked here for Smiths Industries until he retired. The KLG building was a local landmark in Roehampton Vale, but now the site of an Asda superstore.

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Identified only by the facial resemblance to other images and my own very distant memories of her as an elderly woman.

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John Bishop is third from the left at the back, with a triangular YHA badge on his windcheater.

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This is either my great-grandmother Annie Eliza Wyatt (see 0000-XX-250-0354) or her daughter Annie Amelia Wyatt (see 0000-XX-86-12).

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Dr. Kenny was a family friend when my father was young. He want back to Canada when he retired but came to visit occasionally when I was a child.

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The relationship of Vic and Joan Bower to my father remains a mystery, although we have several photographs of their wedding.

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Lillian Caswell, Doris Porter, Florry Tomlinson and Bernard Caswell at left in front row.

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On the roof of 39, Daventry Street.

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Note the Baltic Saw Mills calendar, which gives a strong clue to the location.

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She bears a resemblance to my father, so it could be his grandmother, Jane Emma Bishop.

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From my father's National Service days. He was obviously proud of his lance-corporal's stripe.

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John and Doris Bishop (left), Alf and Jessie Mylam (right) - others unknown.

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From a (CHA?) walking holiday in Derbyshire: my father John Bishop is in the centre at the back, with a pipe. I don't know whether any of the other people were known to him before the trip.

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From a (CHA?) walking holiday in Derbyshire: my father John Bishop is on the right. I don't know whether any of the other people were known to him before the trip. Labelled "Harold, Jean, Ron J., Margaret, Bernard and fiancee, Margery and self".

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I'm fairly sure this is my great-great-grandfather on my father's side.

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My great-grandfather.

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I've no idea who this is, but the original was found with other Bishop and Wyatt pictures.

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Back row, from left: Unknown woman, unknown man, Mary Winifred Wyatt ("Auntie Winnie", bride's cousin), John Wyatt (bride's father), Harriet Arthur (?, John Wyatt's future wife, identified only by her age and position in group). Front row, Jane Bishop (?, groom's mother, identified only by her position in group), Fred Bishop (groom), Annie Wyatt (bride), bridesmaid (not identified), unknown man.

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From left: Unknown, Fred Bishop (John's father), unknown bridesmaid (possibly Doris's Cousin Millie), John Bishop, Doris Bishop, Cyril Baker (best man), Lillian Caswell (Doris's sister), Ted Porter (Doris's father), Lillian Porter (Doris's mother).

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My mother, Doris, is third from the left in the back row.

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I believe this is my great-great-grandfather on my mother's side.

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I think she is on my maternal grandmother's side of the family.

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My great-grandmother.

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If I had to guess I'd say he was a Potter, perhaps one generation back from my grandmother.

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Note the man in blackface on the right.

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My mother, Doris, and my aunt, Lillian, are on the right of the first row standing, wearing berets and heavy coats.

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My aunt, Lillian Porter, is fifth from the left in the second row from the back.

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My mother Doris is towards the back, to the left of the Westcliff Motor Services emblem, on my grandmother's lap.

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I don't know who the happy couple are, but the woman to the right of the bride is my Auntie Flo (Hicks). So perhaps the bride is her daughter, Daisy Hicks.

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No-one in the picture identified.

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This was labelled "Doris Porter, Aunt Kate, Uncle Jim, Lillian Porter, Lillian Maud Porter, Lily (Jessie's sister), Uncle Bill (Doris's uncle)", although I only recognise Bill Porter (far left), my grandmother Lillian Maud Porter (at rear, with hat), my aunt Lillian Porter (fourth from right) and my mother Doris (far right). I'm not sure where Cousin Jessie fits in, but I assume she was a Sankey (i.e., related to my great-grandmother Annie Sankey).

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Bernard Caswell is second from the right in the back row. Lillian Maud Porter and Lillian Caswell are on the right at the front.

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This really does come from a negative print - not sure how this was produced.

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The friend may in fact be a relative, as he appears in a number of images.

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The same man appears in 0000-XX-91-18.

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The man in the thick white jersey could be Bernard Caswell's brother Wally, in which case the woman on the far right might be his wife, Doris.

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Couples from left: Unknown, Dennis and Valerie Bourne, David and Brenda Bourne (?), Bernard and Lillian Caswell, Frank and Winnie Bourne, John and Doris Bishop.

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This man looks like Bernard Caswell but must be of an earlier generation. Perhaps it is his father but it doesn't really match other images of him, in particular the "HMS Vivid" portrait.

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The dog's name is given on another copy of this print and the woman may be "Nigs" (the script is hard to read). This may be The Constitution in Bell Street, as the pub was apparently run by a member of the family.

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My grandmother, Lillian Porter, is second from the right in the back row, and I believe the little girl next to her is Milly, my mother's cousin. I don't recognise anyone else.

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This looks like it may have been taken in France behind the lines.

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This is a studio portrait - note the painted background!

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Likely to be Lillian Porter with her mother (Annie Sankey), given the date marked on the print.

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Probably from the Potter side of the family.

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This is probably Lillian Potter's mother Annie, my great-grandmother, given the family resemblance and also that a copy of this picture was sent from her at 26 William Street, marked "to Ted from Nance".

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My grandmother at about three years old.

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Probably from the Potter side of the family.

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This is probably one of Lillian Potter's family.

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The title is from the album caption, whatever it means.

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This looks like my grandmother, Lillian Potter, as a young girl but there is no real proof of the subject's identity.

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Possibly my grandmother, Lillian Potter.

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Lillian Porter with Doris and Lillian in sun hats, left centre.

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Possibly at 10 Guilford Avenue, Surbiton.

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From left, in front: Florry Tomlinson (bride's schoolfriend), Doris Porter (bride's sister), Bernard Caswell (groom), Cousin Milly (?), Lillian Caswell (née Porter, bride), Winnie Bourne (née Caswell, groom's sister), David Bourne (?, groom's nephew).

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From left, in front: Lillian Porter (bride's mother), Ted Porter (bride's father), Florry Tomlinson (bride's schoolfriend), Doris Porter (bride's sister), Bernard Caswell (groom), Cousin Milly (?), Lillian Caswell (née Porter, bride), David Bourne (?, head only, groom's nephew), Winnie Bourne (née Caswell, groom's sister), Dorothy Caswell (née Richards, groom's stepmother, John Caswell (groom's father).

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Not certain that this is Bernard, as he was almost always clean shaven.

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Lillian Caswell and Lillian Porter on left; the others can't be identified but seem familiar.

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Left to right: Bernard Caswell, Lillian Caswell, Frank (Winnie's husband), Winnie (Bernard's sister) - the rest are unknown, although the boy at the front may be one of Winnie and Frank's sons, perhaps David.

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Taken in Cornwall, possibly Carrick Roads, when the ship was laid up.

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Maybe a Butlin's holiday camp - Winnie and Frank Bourne on the left, Lillian Caswell on the right.

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Subject unknown, but Bernard Caswell is sitting at the back.

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From left: George Hicks, Lillian Caswell (née Porter), Lillian Porter (née Potter), Ted Porter, Flo Hicks (née Porter)

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This was the Camping Motel Sierra Nevada in Granada, at 23 Avda. Juan Pablo II. It was demolished around 2017 and the site is now occupied by a Lidl supermarket.

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This is probably Lillian and Bernard's caravan at Dymchurch. On the left are Wally and his wife Doris (née Kent), but the family to the right are unknown.

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Subjects unknown.

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This might be Aunt Flo (Hicks), but the woman in the picture looks thinner than I remember.

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The cat could be Suzy, taken on holiday if I remember rightly.

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I can't identify the young girl on the left; she may just be a friend from the site.

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From a newspaper article "Berry good turn out for art exhibition". My father would have been one of the exhibitors.

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The tall woman on the right appears in a lot of family photographs but is as yet unidentified.

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The subject has not been identified but the picture was taken by a company with studios in Tottenham Court Road, Hammersmith and Islington.

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Lillian is at top right.

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From left to right the adults are Winnie (Bernard's sister), Doris, Florry, Lillian and Bernard. The boys are assumed to be Winnie's sons David and Dennis. The location is probably the area around the Butlin's camp at Clacton.

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Back row: Frank Bourne, Winnie Bourne (née Caswell) Bernard Caswell, -, Lillian Caswell (née Porter), Wally Caswell. At the front on the left is probably David Bourne (Winnie and Frank's son), with his brother Dennis behind him.

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From left: Bernard Caswell, -, -, -, Lillian Caswell (née Porter), - Winnie Bourne (née Caswell) and Wally Caswell.

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From left: -, -, Frank Bourne, Winnie Bourne (née Caswell), Bernard Caswell, Lillian Caswell (née Porter), -, -.

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Probably an office outing from Taylor Woodrow. Lillian Caswell is at the end on the right.

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Bernard Caswell is in the centre at the back.

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Bernard Caswell had a brother Wally, and the boy in the photograph has the right face, but from the clothes this is at least ten years too early to be him, so perhaps it's his uncle, Walter Rennolds.

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This is almost certainly Bernard Caswell's step-mother and father: the young soldier is possibly not Bernard himself as he would be too young to serve - or perhaps he was dressing up for the occasion.

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The subject seems to be the same as 0000-XX-105-16.

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The subject seems to be the same as 0000-XX-105-14.

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This Bernard Caswell's father John Edward. HMS Vivid was the training establishment at Devonport and this matches his service record.

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The Caswells moved to London from South Wales before the Second World War. This is probably Wally, Bernard and Winnie with their mother Nora when they were living in Lower Stanley Street, Senghenydd, near Caerphilly.

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In the garden at 23 Ravenswood Avenue, Tolworth. From left to right: Doris, John, Lillian, Bernard, Joanna, (unknown), Les Parker, Steve Parker and Olive Parker.

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In the garden at 23 Ravenswood Avenue, Tolworth. Julia Parker and Edward Bishop at the front, with Doris and John Bishop behind on the left and Steve, Les and Olive Parker to the right of the pole.

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Doris's grandfather (and my great-grandfather).

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Mildred Whapshott married my great-grandfather Edwin Potter after the death of my great-grandmother, Annie (née Sankey). She lived on for many years after his death and I can just about remember her as an elderly woman.

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Peter is assumed to fit in to the Potter side of the family (the photograph came from my aunt, Lillian Caswell's house).

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This photo was taken by his second wife Mildred, as I recognise her silhouette.

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This photo was taken by her husband Edwin, as I recognise his silhouette.

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This looks like it was taken at the southern end of the Ramsgate Tunnel Railway, which ran from 1936 to 1939 and again after the war. The girl is possibly my mother's cousin Millie.

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Perhaps Bernard Caswell's nephew David Bourne (from initials "DB" written on the back of the print).

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This was taken by a "Walking Pictures" photographer, who would take pictures of passers-by for sale.

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This was on the roof of 39, Daventry Street: I remember going up there occasionally as a child.

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I do not recall wearing a bow-tie but I do remember the car. It was solid metal, painted red, and was in the garden for years.

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The woman on the right bears a resemblance to my grandmother Lillian (on the left), but it can't be her mother Annie as she had died before Doris was born.

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This is likely to be my grandfather as a young man - the original picture was found in his family album.

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From left: Julia Bishop, John Bishop, Fred Bishop, Lillian Caswell, Stephen Bishop, Doris Bishop.

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From left: Lilian Caswell, Stephen Bishop, Doris Bishop, John Bishop, Lillian Porter

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Lillian is second from the right in the second row from the front, wearing glasses.

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Presumably a prize for good sales.

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The hair and the features match other pictures of my grandmother.

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Almost certainly Ted Porter in the background, but the young man in the foreground is unknown.

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This would appear to be a fairly prosperous man, although a lot of portraits from this period made use of costumes provided by the studio.