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The Sparklets
Agnes, Charles Hill, Geoff and Vicky, Ian

The Sparklets

Charles Hill, tallest, with the group he performed in/with. Concert party

22 April 20204 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Ivy and Bert’s wedding
Dorothy and Young Arthur, Edna, Herbert Whorwood, Ivy

Ivy and Bert’s wedding

May 19th 1934, fifty five years later to the day she passed away. The happy Best Man, his brother Harold, with the bridesmaids, Ivy’s niece

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Dorothy
Dorothy and Young Arthur, Pat and Graham Espin

Dorothy

Over to you on this one Pat. Uniform so wartime?

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
David Espin
David Espin, Harry

David Espin

With me behind, in the garden at Pierce Avenue. David looks about twelve months, so I must be about eight. 1952\3?

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Handsworth Park?
Harry, Laurance, Pat and Graham Espin

Handsworth Park?

At the top are Pat and Harry. At the bottom are various family members. Another of Laurance’s photos. 1948?

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Arthur Otton, Dorothy and Young Arthur, Gerty, Harry, Herbert Whorwood, Ivy, Laurance, Pat and Graham Espin

Hanbury Croft?

I’m thinking. Laurance on his soap cart at the back, Harry and Pat in front? 1947 or so?

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Arthur Otton, Gerty, Harry, Herbert Whorwood, Ivy, Laurance

Lazy, hazy days…

Bonzo, the dog, Ivy and Laurance playing in Bruton Park, Solihull? As Laurance reminds me, with his father away with the forces during the war,

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Agnes, Arthur Otton, Arthur Short, Cecil Espin, Charles Hill, David Espin, Dorothy and Young Arthur, Edna, Gerty, Gladys, Harry, Herbert Whorwood, Ian, Ivy, Laurance, Pat and Graham Espin

Just found these…

… courtesy of Laurance who photographically copied a number of photos as my Mother carelessly (on her own admission) mislaid her large collection of old

20 June 20194 September 2022 by Rayboulds1 Min Reading
Agnes, Charles Hill, Ian

75 Years On

75 years on My School Song and what it reminds me of – a totally irrelevant Raybould memory Evacuated to not my school I was

28 May 2019 by Ian Hill2 Min Reading
Agnes, Charles Hill

HOME, WORK, And Other Stories

Some useless information about Raybould descendant Ian Charles HILL My parents Agnes née Raybould and Charles Hill married in 1921 and lived, probably rented, at

28 May 2019 by Ian Hill8 Min Reading
Agnes, Ian

Episodes from the life of Agnes Emily Hill née Raybould

In 1943 my mother had a deep depression; partly menopause (she was 43), partly the death of my adopted sister aged 8, of diphtheria shortly

28 May 2019 by Rayboulds3 Min Reading
Ian

Ian’s laureate testament

I read the other day of an important Royal Appointment – a new Poet Laureate, no less. I read up a bit about him. I

28 May 2019 by Rayboulds2 Min Reading
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