Figure 1.-- This is a 1930s snapshot showing a family in their London back garden. We would guss it was taken sometime before World War II, perhaps 1937 or 38. There is no sign of prparation for the War. We see a typical British family of the period. There is a father, mother, five children, about 6-14 years old. The youngest are two boys who may be twins. The parents are attempting a smiling formality, but the children are misbehaving to various degrees, most notably with the mugging boy to the right.

This is a 1930s snapshot showing a family in their London back garden. We would guss it was taken sometime before World War II, perhaps 1937 or 38. There is no sign of prparation for the War. We see a typical British family of the period. There is a father, mother, five children, about 6-14 years old. The youngest are two boys who may be twins. The parents are attempting a smiling formality, but the children are misbehaving to various degrees, most notably with the mugging boy to the right. The two older girls are wearing their school gym frocks. The boys are dressed a little differently. One wears a sleeveless sweater, the other a suit vest. This could have been schoolwear as well. Both wear short pants and probaby knee socks. Notice how long the shorts are. A rug hangs over a garden trellis and the back of the house seen beyond that. The boy standing directly in front of his father is Reginald (Reg) Patey who moved to Bromley, Kent).

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