Parents

Dave's parents:

George Henry WASHBROOKE

and

Violet Rose (née NEWTON)

George and sister, Ada, with their parents, William and Emily,1915.

Gravesend. George between his sisters, Ada and Rose, with mother, Emily, (back right) and a couple of her friends.

George between sisters, Ada and Rose, with mother, Emily, on holiday in Cowes, 1923.

Left to right: Iris, George's sisters Rose and Ada, George and Phyllis c. 1924.

In the cadets, 1925. George on the left.

George on the left, with his cousin George next to him and another chum in the middle.

George with sister, Ada, 1927.

Inscribed: Taken July 17th 1929. Age 14 yrs. To Granny & Grand-Dad, with love from George xx.

Tilbury Church Institute, 1931. George back right, with sister, Rose, parents, William and Emily, his Aunt Maggie on the left, and grandmother, Elizabeth in the front.

George, early 1930s.

George, left, with a few friends in Earby, Yorksire, where he was working as a Porter/Signalman c. 1935.

George in his Home Guard uniform - but note the bedroom slippers!

Vi, aged three, with sister, Ivy, nine months, April 1914.

Vi as a little girl, c. 1916.

Vi, standing next to her father, Frederick (holding May), with sister Ivy next to Mum, Rosa (holding Frederick).

Hafodrynys School, 1920. Vi is on the extreme right of the middle row.

Hafodrynys School, 1922. Vi is in the second row from the front (on desks), on the left.

Hafodrynys Juvenile Choir. Vi is eight from the left in the back row. Her sister, Ivy, is fourth from the right in the second row from the back.

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

Vi as a young lady.

Vi (on top) and sister, May, with a couple of friends.

Vi (on the right) and sister, Ivy, c. 1930.

Vi c. 1932.

George's and Vi's wedding, 31st May 1941, Watford.

George and Vi with their children, Virginia and Dave, on holiday at Auntie Rose's hut at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight.

George on karaoke night, probably in Spain.

Bet's parents:

Henry Edward MATES

and

Betty Joan (née JOHNSON)

Harry, left, as a little boy c. 1906.

Harry as a young man, c. 1922.

Betty as a baby, with her Mum, Annie, c. 1921.

Betty (second from right) between her Mum, Annie, and sister, Pat (holding daughter, Sally), with Uncle Arthur (Annie's partner) on the left.

Harry's and Betty's Wedding Day

Back row: Sydney GOLDSMITH (Henry's nephew), Alan MACDONALD, Ethel DUNDAS-SMITH (a friend), Mrs FRANKLYN (a friend), Dorothy MATES (Alfred's wife). Alfred MATES (Henry's brother), Mrs GOLDSMITH (Stanley's wife). Middle row: Doris RYDER (Mac's wife), N/K, Olive (a friend), Patricia Jeanne JOHNSON (Betty's sister), Rosanna RYDER (née BUGG, Betty's maternal grandmother), Stanley GOLDSMITH (Henry's nephew). Front row: Jessie May MATES (Henry's sister), Harriet Esther BERRY (Henry's aunt), Harry, Betty, Rose Annie JOHNSON (née RYDER, Betty's mother), Mac RYDER (Betty's uncle).

Four Generations

Betty in the middle, holding her great grand-daughter, Francesca Jane WALDEN, with Bet on the left and our daughter, Liz WALDEN, on the right.