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Joseph Matthews & Mary Isabel Matthews (née Purchas)
Holy Trinity Church , Hammersmith
17th August 1949
Mary & Joe, with (L-R) Anne Purchas, Fr Justin, Barbara Quirke (Joe's cousin) & Ann Dawson
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Evercreech 1990
Joe & Mary with their children + partners + first 7 grandchildren, in the garden of Frances & Bill's hotel
Standing (L-R): Claire, Maureen, George, Pia, Don, David;
Seated adults: Brian, Frances, Bill, Joe, Mary,
Christina, Tricia;
Children: Graham, Antony, Peter, Clare;
On the ground: Helen, Tia, Katie.
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Christmas in Purley, 1993
All the family except Maureen & Archie, at George & Pia's house
Standing (L-R): Bill, George holding Paula, Frances;
Around the table: Pia, Damien, Tricia, James, Clare, Brian, Mary, Tia, Don, Helen, Joe, Claire, Antony, Graham, Peter, Katie (& the top of Stephen's head!).
Picture taken by Christina.
In 2010, Mary was recorded (aged 84) in conversation with her youngest sister Anne and Anne's husband Ken Mills.
In this section she recalls some of what (she thinks) she remembers from when she was young about the lives of Anita & Veronica with their mother ...
Family & friends' Cruise Party, May 2018
Don was working on a week's cruise along the coast of Norway; mainly Matthewses, plus Tim & Geraldine Bamber, Don's brother & sister-in-law and a couple of friends made a party of 24 ...
Pia & George at dinner with grandson Sebastian
Paula enjoying the ship's late-night piano bar
George, Maureen, Chris, Tricia, Frances & Brian
at Antony & Claire's wedding reception, 2023