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A CD of Family Photos
A great CD containing scores of family photos too numerous to display on this site
A joint project by Janice & Spencer in 2003 - contact us for a copy
All photos this page from the family collections
We are unaware of any copyrights
Harry Bird alias
William Wallace
See WW1 and Vegetarian Sections
for explanation of name
Great Grandfather Thomas Bird
with Thora and Lilian
Great Grandfather Thomas
with Rebecca, Gertrude
and Children
An outing with Grannie and Grandad
Harry at Mansands
Harry with three of his children
Thora, Lillian and Norman
La Zoema Dance Band
' Zoema ' is a poem with metrics rhyme and rhythum
One of Harry and Dorothy's sons was named Zoemas
In Greek it means ' Our Life '
Harry with his wife Gertrude
Lilian and Maurice's wedding
Maurice and Lilian married on 26th October 1935, Lilian stated on the certificate that her father was Harold Bird deceased Printer and Stationer. Who on earth did people think the gentleman standing far right on the photograph was? Presumably her uncle with his 'wife' Dorothy her widowed mother sitting at his feet. She was denying her own father. ' W Bird ' signed as a witness - this presumably was Harry using his psuedonym William after his stationery shop in Paddington.
Thora and Dudley had married the year before in the same Registry Office, the same Registrar and Superintedent Registrar, the same witnesses, therefore the same pretence had to be kept up.
We wonder whether Charles and Edith knew the truth - or were they going along with the fantasy of the deceased brother?
Family members feel they perhaps didn't know the truth for sometime as Maurice used to tease Gertrude about getting re-married presumably believing she was a widow. No one knows when and how the truth came out.....
Other sons and daughters went on to marry in future years and he was alive and well.......
From what my parents both said this Gertrude secret came out slowly to Maurice and Dudley.
Probably unknown at the time of my parents marriage. Thalia
A beach scene late 1930's
Visiting Pansy and John Grantham
Harry mowing in Grantham
Harry with his partner
Dorothy Torquay 1947
Harry with some of his grandchildren
With Dorothy and Janice
1943
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