This amazing set of photos were given to me by my cousins, Brian and Brenda. Some of them date back as far as the late 19th century. Some were actual photos and others were projector slides that have been converted exclusively for this website.
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Great Great Grandmother Burrage This lady’s name is Charlotte.Great Great Grandfather BurrageGreat Great Grandfather Gatton This is my Grandmother’s Grandfather and must be dated around 1820s.Great Granny and Great Grandfather Gatton This photo is of Gran’s Mother and Father and at a guess dates back as far as 1865.Great Granny Gatton My Grandmother’s Mother.Grandpa and Grampy Alton My Grandpa with what I believe is his Father, so my Great Grandfather ?Grandpa and Gran, My Grandpa and Gran, maybe around 1936.Brenda with Jimmy Brenda and Jimmy. Jimmy was a friend of the family.Gwen, Gran, Grandpa, Reg, and Dad On the beach in 1938. It doesn’t seem as though sunbathing was a thing back then.David and Dad David was Dad’s cousin.Dad with Grandpa and Reg, taken in 1937. Reg was Aunty Gwen’s husband and was Father to Bruce, Brenda, and Brian.Great Grannie Gatton, Dad and Cynthia, Great Granny Gatton & DadNikki, My sister Nikki as a baby, I think.Nikki, My sister Nikki as a baby, I think.Linda This is my half-sister, Linda, and she is the daughter of Dad and Cynthia. Cynthia was Dad’s wife.Bruce Aunty Gwen and Uncle Reg’s eldest son, who died around 1979.LindaUnknown, We think, Linda.Unknown, I think that this is Dad with Michèle.LindaDad but unsureLinda at 66 The Crescent, New Malden, which is where Gran & Grandpa lived.Linda with a dogLindaMichèle as a baby.Unknown I’m quite sure this is an early photo of Dad, around 1930 when he would’ve been about 8 years old.Unknown I’m thinking the young boy is Dad but not clear who the two ladies are. If Dad is aged about 5 years old in the photo, then it dates back as far as 1929.
