Five Cousins Gather ....

Pam. Frank and Eddy

Yesterday we picked up Pam from her friend Joan in Dagenham and went and visited Pam's Cousins in Hendon. We then made our way back to Retford. Pam's friend Joan had served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the war, She gave Pam  a short write up of her experiences during the war which I will share in a later post. She used to work with Pam in London Transport. My  only regret is I did not photograph Joan especially after reading her War Story. We made our way to Hendon where Pam's cousins had assembled for an afternoon tea. Eddie is the eldest he is 85 the other brothers, Frank 81, George 78 and young Reg 75  and of course Pam turns 80 in January. There was a bit of reminiscing of their life in York Road, West Hendon after George produced a photo of the houses in York Road. George had organised a marvellous spread ( maybe his wife Ruth helped him) and I had to try Eddies baked Cheesecake. Eddie still works overseeing gardeners and makes pewter jewellery. Unfortunately old age has caught up with Frank and his wife Rita has to oversee him but he had a distinguished career writing and performing music for the BBC used in many television shows. She said he still plays beautifully and will send us some of his music on cd. George was a camera technician with BBC TV and you will find his name on many BBC programs of yesteryear (a quick google search confirmed this). George today is a keen golfer and noticed he had a captain's plate on the wall. I did not have a chance to speak with Reg as our two hours went too soon. I took a few snaps of the gathering and regret that had the weather not been so foul, I would have been prepared to stay longer

Pam & Eddy deep in conversation

George(unfortunately Photographer did not focus)

Rita and Frank



Frank




Christine bored!



Reg & Pam



Reg




Eddy