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Dawson Cousins' Get-togethers
Where it started ...
6th June, 2014, at the Café Royal, Regents Street, London
Greg Bamber Christopher Faulkner
Tim Bamber Richard Dawson
more recent Get-togethers
* please help with the missing names (and any corrections!) and forgive my failing memory!
2016 - London Marriott Hotel County Hall, London
Competiton time ... how many can you identify?
2018 - Mortimer Common, Berkshire
Back row (L-R): Christopher Faulkner, Sophie Faulkner, Sean Faulkner, Greg Bamber, Peter Faulkner, Pia Matthews, George Matthews, [*1], Christina Alexander (née Matthews).
Front row: Benjamin Dawson with Mai, Susan Gentle (née Faulkner), Frances Betts (née Faulkner), Paula Matthews, Ann Faulkner, Frances Matthews.
2019 - Rayleigh, Essex
Back row (L-R): Richard Dawson, Justin Dawson, Jessie de Baere*, Douglas Faulkner, Geraldine Bamber, Nick Faulkner, Greg Bamber, Lisa Hopkinson (née Dawson).
Middle row: Bernie Dawson, Paula Matthews, George Matthews, Frances Matthews, [*D], Pia Matthews, Frances Betts (née Faulkner).
Front row: Ben Dawson, Tim Bamber, Mai Dawson.
* Justin's girlfriend, who braved a garden full of Dawson descendants!
"2020" - Wallington, London
(finally held on 25th June 2022 after 2 postponements)
Standing (L-R): Dale Bamber, Sarah Hull (née Dawson), Greg Bamber, Nick Faulkner, Sue Gentle (née Faulkner), Frances Matthews, Pia Matthews, John Dawson, Tricia D'Cruz (née Matthews), Chris Alexander (née Matthews).
Seated: George Matthews with grand-daughter Isla Flynn, Ann Faulkner, Paula Matthews.
Attended, but missed the photo-opp: Richard Dawson*, Lizzie Davison (née Mills), Darrell Davison, Tia Matthews, Elliot Flynn
* all the way from Italy (on a UK train-strike day) - thanks, Richard!
2023 - Chalfont-St-Giles, Buckinghamshire