Grandparents

Dave's paternal grandparents:

William Henry WASHBROOKE

and

Emily Charlotte BUNDAY

William as a lad, c. 1897.

Studio picture of the Washbrooke family, c. 1905.

William is on the right in the back row. The others are - Back row: Edith Alice, George Sydney James, Annie Elizabeth, William Henry - Front row: Ada Margaret, William (father), Elizabeth (mother), Florence Mary Frances.

William as a young man, 24th February 1912.

St John's Ambulance Brigade, Tilbury. William is the officer behind the barrow.

Cowes Ambulance Brigade (1914-18). William is third from the right in the back row.

William and Emily with son, George, and daughter, Ada, 1915.

William (right) and a fellow member of Cowes Ambulance Brigade, 1914-18.

Gravesend. Emily (back right) with a couple of friends and children, Ada, George and Rose (left to right).

Emily and children, Ada, George and Rose (left to right) on holiday in Cowes, 1923.

William in his RAOB regalia, Tilbury Highway, c. 1927. I still have some of the jewels.

William and Emily, c. 1929.

William, the ice-cream man.

The hut at Thorness Bay. William and Emily on the right, with Grancie Richards and her husband (Uncle John's parents) on the left. No idea who the chap behind is.

Emily (right) with daughter, Rose, on holiday in Jersey, 1936.

William with, left to right, Emily, Ada and Rose.

William in his verger's gown. He wouldn't have been very popular with that style of moustache a few years later.

RAOB, Tilbury. William is in the middle of the front row.

William and Emily on a day out at Ryde.

William and Emily in the garden behind their grocery shop in East Cowes.

Civil Defence (1939-45). William is third from the right in the middle row.

William and Emily (back centre), William's sister, Maggie, on the left. Children, Rose and George, to the right. William's mother, Elizabeth, in the front.

The window of William's and Emily's grocery shop, 85 Clarence Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Emily at Rose's hut, Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight.

Emily (Nan, as I knew her) outside her house at 10 Oakfield Road, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Dave's maternal grandparents:

Frederick John NEWTON

and

Rosa Jane MAIL

Rosa as a young lady, c. 1900.

Frederick holding May, Violet, Ivy and Rosa holding Frederick.

Back row: Ivy, Frederick, Rosa, Violet Rose. Front row: May, Daisy, James, Frederick.

"Little Granny", as Rosa became known, at least to her Washbrooke grandchildren.

Bet's paternal grandparents:

Charles William MATES

and

Amelia Eliza BERRY

Photographs of Amelia are very thin on the ground. In fact, this is the only one we have found to date.

No pictures of Charles are currently available.

Bet's maternal grandparents:

Charles Gilbert JOHNSON

and

Rose Annie RYDER (Annie)

Charles with his younger sister, Alice.

Charles as a young man.

A heavily restored picture, showing Charles in uniform (21st Middlesex Regiment), showing off his stripe.

Another heavily restored picture, which we think might be from Charles's time as a POW. He is second from the right.

Yet another heavily restored picture. Charles is on the right, working at the London General Omnibus Company in Chiswick..

Baby, Annie, on her mother's (Rosanna's) lap. Father, James, on the left. Rosanna's mother, Emma (née BUCK, widow of Abraham BUGG) is on the right with her second husband, William MAYES.

Annie aged about 17.

Annie with daughter, Betty, c. 1921.

Charles and Annie: a very romantic pair of wedding photographs.

Annie with her second husband, William George McCALLAM.

Left to right: Frederick Arthur HAMPTON (Uncle Arthur - Annie's partner), Patricia Jeanne MACDONALD (née JOHNSON - Annie's younger daughter), Sally Avril MACDONALD (Pat's daughter), Betty Joan MATES (Bet's Mum) and Annie.