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Clock watching
Cynthia, Hazel and Lindon, Edna, Fred

Clock watching

I’m not sure if this has been posted before it is the retirement of Frederick Harry. The two youngest members of the clan were always

23 April 202223 April 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Announcing the funeral
Cecil Espin, David Espin, Dorothy and Young Arthur, Edna, Pat and Graham Espin

Announcing the funeral

Published in the local paper, name unknown, but on the tip of my tongue, the local correspondent Mr H Carter reports first on the Harvest

23 April 202223 April 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
And so to bed.
Cecil Espin, Edna

And so to bed.

It is May 1950, and the newly-weds need a bed. Off to the family suppliers, the local Co-op, the one-stop shop for everything and a

23 April 202223 April 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
The Edna Papers…
Cecil Espin, David Espin, Edna

The Edna Papers…

Sounds a bit l like a Wikileaks exclusive doesn’t it? The title must be said in a breathless BBC false excitement rising falsetto type of

23 April 202223 April 2022 by Rayboulds2 Min Reading
Happy Birthday…
Agnes, Cecil Espin, Charles Hill, Edna, Ian

Happy Birthday…

Edna! A letter/note from Agnes to Edna on the latter’s 21st birthday. This would make it about 1934. Ian would have been about six I’m

22 April 202222 April 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
84 Yardley Green Road
Agnes, Charles Hill, Ian

84 Yardley Green Road

“Thank you for posting that. Ours was the one with the chimney showing. Granny Raybould’s sister (Great) Aunt(ie) Annie moved in in 1908, new built,

22 April 202224 April 2022 by Rayboulds2 Min Reading
Espin history
Cecil Espin, David Espin, Pat and Graham Espin, Uncategorised, Walter and Emily Jane Raybould

Espin history

Graham’s wife’s sister (still with me?), name unknown at present is researching the Espin family history and has unearthed the following. Unsure if the Cecil

6 March 20226 March 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
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Christmas 2021

27 January 202227 January 2022 by Rayboulds
Simeon Raybould
Walter and Emily Jane Raybould

Simeon Raybould

Or… who is he? Is this the Father of Walter Raybould?

7 September 2021 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Gladys at her best.
Gladys, Pat and Graham Espin

Gladys at her best.

Julie, Pat’s daughter shared these two photographs taken six years or so before they moved to Australia. Taken at Hampstead Road, Great Barr.

21 June 2021 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Edna and her granddaughter…
David Espin, Edna

Edna and her granddaughter…

Edna loved the idea of being a grandmother and here she is with Lisa, her first one from her son David and his wife Lyn(da).

19 April 2021 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
The day war broke out…
Agnes, Charles Hill, Ian

The day war broke out…

As Rob Wilton used to sing. Ian’s been a’wandering again, down that lane. Memories of wartime, vital to capture these snippets before the memory steelers

17 April 2021 by Rayboulds3 Min Reading
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