Here are several more pictures Aunty Olive sent me....
The Willis children, from the back - John, Ruth, Olive (hidden), David, Billy, Mary (part hidden) and Rhoda, taken in Exeter - probably at 35 West Grove Road, where Esther was born in 1933 |
Billy & Mary, 17th February 1944, taken at Empire Studio,Oxford Street, London. |
Mary, about 1949/50 |
Mary (20) & Nancy (22), May 14th, 1948 in Teignmouth, Devon. Nancy is Mum's Cousin |
Rhoda (aged 10), Mary (12) and Nancy (14), taken in 1941 |
David & Ruth's wedding, with (from L to R) Stephen, Florence, Jack Mogford, Esther (left Bridesmaid), Olive, David, Ruth (the Bride), Mary (right Bridesmaid), ?, Stephen (Jack's brother), Ruth and Ruth's Husband John Mortimer |
Esther in Rotherham, with "Aunty Hawswell", and (sitting) Rhoda |
Esther in Rotherham |
Carole, Stephen & Olive, and in front, Paul, Jane, Mark & Rosemary (Olive's Daughter) |
Stephen & Carole, Jane, Paul & Mark |
Stephen and Carole's wedding, with Florence on the Left. |
Stephen, in the 'Boys Brigade' |
Stephen, aged 3, in 1940, "taken on the prom" |
Jack with Danielle (their grandchild) and Olive with Jessica (their great-grandchild), taken about 1991 |
Here is Mary at school in Exeter, aged about 5, in 1934 - Middle row, 2nd from the right. They were at 35 West Grove Road at the time, so I THINK this was St. Sidwells School, demolished in 2006