Grandfather & Granny Dole with son Alfie on their way to a show ground c.1908Granny and Grandfather Dole and their son Alfie, c 1908Mum on the left c.1939Joe, my Dad, WW2 Royal Navy 1943Mum’s brother Nicky on her father’s bookmakers’ stand at Epsom Races c.1946Mum’s mum seated with baby Edna at the races, 1926Mum & Dad’s Wedding April 15th 1944Mum and Dad, .1943Hop picking in Kent. Mum centre with Mike on her lap 1950My brother Michael, 1951Mum’s Granny Deighton – was a suffragette (photo taken Hopping in Kent 1960BBC programme ‘This is Your Life’ with Eamonn Andrews. Grandfather Dole on the right & his friend Bert. c.1962Mum Edna, aged 1,3 1939St Pancras Station view from Somers TownMum’s journals and notes6 Goldington Crescent– Mum lived here in 1941 until she married in 1944St. Mary’s Church, Somers Town – Mum and Dad married, Mike and Sue were christenedPeople’s Museum in Somers TownPearly Queen’s Suit, at the People’s Museum in Somers TownIrene Barclay was a very important part of the regeneration of Somers Town and the first woman architectMy cousin Diane and I Diane is thePearly Queen of St PancrasMum was born a few doors from where Charles Dickens lived. The Houses were slums by then. There are lovely houses and flats there now. Part of the 1930s programme to give people decent living conditions.Diane, Diana & Sue outside the People’s Museum, Somers TownThe very garden wall that my Mum leaned over in 1941 to chat to Actors at the Unity Theatre, taking their break. (This incident is mentioned in my book.)One of the demons, Washing Post FinialsFinial for St. Joseph’s Flats, depicted by his trade as a Carpenter with his tools in a bagSomers Town Museum rescued a few of the finials at auctions – this is one of the Tailors 6 Goldington Crescent (Where Mum Lived after the war until she was married at 18)Finials on display – “I Saw Three Ships” theme
