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Author: Henry_Mead
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Thanks,Nigel.
At the time of these photographs,my father's family home was in Weymouth,although shortly after the weekend pictured,he returned to India where he was posted with the 1st Batallion of The Dorset Regiment.He married in India and did not return to England until early 1939. He escaped Dunkirk as he was at the Staff College,but he was captured by the Japanese after Singapore and spent the remaining war years in Burma building the infamous railway.Although our respective fathers were clearly good friends, I still think the connection was your family business.
My father was very ill on repatriation which resulted in him being invalided out of the army,and maybe that was the reason that they did not re-connect.
Have a lovely Christmas.
Best Wishes......H
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Author: ndchubb1
Surnames: Mead Chubb Hodgkinson
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Henry,
Many thanks for an excellent picture. I didn't have this one. So at 24 years old, your father and mine were good friends and must have been living fairly close by. My father used to talk about some of his friends, one of which was Colin Hodgkinson. Colin was a fighter pilot who lost both his legs but continued flying. Molly could recount stories galore about everything that happened in that family and I am going to go through all the letters she sent me and see if there is any reference to your father. She had an elephantine memory and wrote in 6pt handwriting. It is interesting that your greatgrandmother lived in Preston park, now a Carehome. My great grandfather's house called Port Rouge in Torpoint, Plymouth has also become a Carehome.
Very best wishes,
Nigel
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Author: Henry_Mead
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Nigel,
Many,many thanks for your detail and for the photos which were clearly taken that same weekend.I can date the pictures which are marked in the album I have as May - June 1934. I believe you may be right about Greshams,but will get back to you when I have managed to speak with my brother. In the meantime I attach another photograph of your father which I have found. I believe it was taken the same year and he is pictured,I think in the Garden of my Great grandmother's home 'Preston Park' in Yeovil.
With best Wishes.......Henry
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Author: ndchubb1
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Henry,
Most interesting. I have attached the pictures of my father and yours swimming at Wookey Hole baths. I can only hazard a guess as to the year since in one of your pictures it shows both men smoking a pipe, which suggests that they were at least 18 or more; so 1928 and up.
My father was an engineer and he got married in 1937. He was living in Manchester from at least 1935 to 1937.
In September I was in Wells and noticed that our original family residence (Tregantle) was up for sale. Regrettably I didn't have the time to visit it. Only had time to visit the family business in the market and the cemetery.
Best wishes,
Nigel
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Author: ndchubb1
Surnames: Chubb Mead Langham Brodie Hubbard
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Picture # 1. Molly Chubb and Arthur Vyvyan Travers Chubb.
Molly was the daughter of Captain Francis Osborne Oates Chubb and Ethel Blanche Brown. The Colonel died in 1923 and his wife in 1926. Interestingly enough they lived in a house called The Mead, Winscombe, Somerset. The F.O.O. Chubb had been the commanding officer of the territorial army in the first world war. After which he and the family were in Malaysia. Molly was like a sister to my father (AVT Chubb) and lived with his family at Merifield in Wells. Merifield was a house next to the birthplace of Alfred Everard Chubb at Tregantle, Milton lane Wells.
Picture #3 Molly, your father, AVT Chubb, Alfred Everard Chubb and Major Langham. I do not know what his association with the family was.
Picture #4 Your father, my father, my grandfather (Everard), my grandmother (Enid Lloyd Jones Chubb) and Major Langham.
I think the pictures were taken between 1926 and 1936. Alfred Everard Chubb died in 1937. And the pictures were taken at Merifield Wells. I have a picture that probably was taken by your father at the same time as the others, because he is not in the picture.
I have 4 more pictures showing Harold Mead and my father swimming at Wookey Hole baths, so there might be a greater connection somewhere. Did your father go to Greshams? Do you have any pictures of him with a Ben Hubbard?
I will scan the pictures and send them to you.
Best wishes,
Nigel
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Author: Henry_Mead
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Hi Nigel,
I attach the four photographs. The captions I have are;
1. Molly and Travers
2. Self (Harold Mead) and Travers
3. Self (Harold Mead),Travers, 'Our Host'
Molly, Mr Chubb
4.Self (Harold Mead) Travers, Mr Chubb,
Mrs Chubb.
If you can provide me with more specific details of those in the picture (except my father of course!) it will be really helpful.
I still dont know the connection,although our fathers were clearly friends. I wonder if as solicitors they represented our family. My great grandfather (surname Whitby) owned a glove making firm based in Yeovil.
Best Wishes......Henry Mead PS Hope the attachments have worked
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Author: ndchubb1
Surnames: Chubb
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Hello Harold,
Travers Chubb was my father and my Molly was a cousin of mine. Her name is Molly Brodie. Her maiden name is Chubb. My father lived in Wells, Somerset in a house called Merrifield, which is next door to one called Tregantle. I have numerous pictures of Molly and Father along with other people but unfortunately no one left any names.
I would be most interested to see your photograph.
regards,
Nigel Chubb
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