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Hello Dawn,

thanks for your reply, I hope I am not misusing the forums in anyway, feel free to remove my thread or advise me to delete it if i am.

I don't know much beyond what was in my first post other than the specifics of some of the comics he worked on.

I found a record for a Peter Ford receiving a 1st Dan on 5th of 11 1972 in the Area, Northern Home Counties, which is very likely him but enquiries with the British Judo Association have so far been fruitless.

I do not know whether Lily or his daughter are alive, the information I have about Peter's wife and daughters was passed onto me by a man that shared a studio with him in the fifties. I have no other knowledge of them other than the studio partner suggesting if they were alive they would be very elderly now. I've read the 'no living policy' and hope I have not violated this and I understand if they are living why information is not shared with strangers.

I am not related to Peter Ford, my interest in him is purely from a historical point of view he has been described in a few instances as being of Maori ethnicity and I am trying to trace his ancestors to see if this is the case. There are very few Maori cartoonist's in the world (I am one) and one employed in England would be very rare. Peter's studio partner suggested he had grown up in Poplar and had a vague memory of a photograph of Peter's mother which he described as being of Maori appearance. If I could find her name and if it was of Maori origin that would help me a great deal.

I am based in Australia and not particularly well-versed in how to find records in England I appreciate any assistance you can offer.

Kind Regards,

Matt Emery