Clarence Road, London

This is Henry and Kitty in the conservatory of what appears to be Clarence Road, however I can not work out whether it is Richmond or Chiswick, both have Clarence Roads and who knows what they looked like before the war.

35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion

35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, circa 1939

Pauline Mingay

34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Pt 2

34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion

James Henry Mingay

34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion

Mabel Mingay

34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion

34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion

Mabel Mingay (Centre) with two gals (see back of postcard)

Mabel Mingay with mallet

35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, circa 1939

35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion / 35th Searchlight Regiment, RA (First Surrey Rifles)

Pauline Mingay, back row 6th from right

Paper Snippet

A snippet from a paper during the Second World War.

A Three Generation Tower

Top: John Vernon Mingay
Middle: James Henry Mingay
Bottom: Reginald John Mingay
Kew Gardens
Circa. 1920s / 1930s

When I saw this photo for the first time I gasped. My Grandmas casually turned to me and said "oh the one with them on each others shoulders?", as though it was just another day...

Mr & Mrs Mingay, Westcliffe Beach

James Henry Mingay & Mabel Mary Mingay (nee Hencke)
Westcliffe, Kent
Circa. 1920s

The Photo Album

I visited my Grandma recently and went through her photo album, I managed to copy some images, which I shall upload over the coming weeks...

Locket Photos

Catherine Lady Smith Mingay, James Henry Mingay & Reginald J. Mingay

Nigel Mingay, Abstract

Nigel Mingay, Abstract

Nigel Mingay, Self Portrait

Nigel Mingay, Self Portait

Longleat House

Mabel Mingay (nee Hencke) and Helen Mingay

25th January 1941

Geoffrey Vincent Mole and Pauline Eva Mingay get married!

A nice holiday snap

Chris Mole. Nigel, Helen and John Mingay. c. 1960

The Mingay Family

All of this information was supplied by Pauline, some of it may not be exact or slightly incorrect.

Pauline did say that little was known about Mary Stallard.

The Hencke Family

All of this information was supplied by Pauline, some of it may not be exact or slightly incorrect.

The Large Family

All of this information was supplied by Pauline, some of it may not be exact or slightly incorrect.