Saturday, February 2, 2013

Village Playmates around 1900.

Village Playmates around 1900.
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In this photo taken around 1900 are the children of two Cookham families that went to school together and lived just across the High Street from one another. Taken at the gate of the Spencer home of Fearnlea. In front at thge left are Stanley and Gilbert Spencer. The girls are Amy, Flo, Sheila and Peggy, with my father George William Gray Hatch leaning against the gate post. The Hatch family all took music lessons from Mr. Spencer, with my aunt Sheila who went on to become a member of Covent Garden Opera. She also changed her name to Nell, I think she at one time aspired to being another Nellie Melba.

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