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Thanks for the info Ros! The dentist sounds promising as he has M as his middle name!

Hello there, I am Gillian Battersby's sister- Christine, eldest child of Pearl Cecelia May Suttle (nee Osbourne). Mum's parents (who we Knew as Charles and Cecelia Osbourne) and her 3 brothers Roy, Denis and Michael emigrated to Australia in December 1951. I have a photo album showing them on the 'Orcades' arriving in Feb 1952. There is one address mentioned, 20, Valley Rd, Perth and later mention of a new house being built called 'Applecross '.I remember mum showing me a colour photo of nan by the Swan River. Inbetween the pages are Australian flowers pressed by nan. I remember nan and granddad visiting us in England at 52, the Glade, Old Coulsdon, Surrey. I was 10. Grandad (Walter) was dying from lung cancer and it would be their last trip back as he died the next year - 1966. I stayed with them in their rented flat and they gave me a beautiful doll and I had to sing into a tape recorder for them to take back with them. They had visited before as there are pictures of them holding me as a baby (1955), in Sutton, Surrey. I know that Uncle Roy married Gwen and they had 2 boys, Johnny and  Paul. Roy and Gwen are still alive but sadly Roy is in a home with dementia. Denis married Betty, I  think they had a daughter, Ann and a boy who may have had special needs. They did come back to live in England because I remember visiting them.Michael (MIck) married Lorraine in 1959 and had Clinton and Terry.  When mum died recently she left me her photos as I had requested because when I was young she talked a lot about her family she had 'lost' to Australia. She always regretted not going with them and when my dad and mum got divorced she tried to take us there but we were turned down. I suspect because of her frail mental health at the time. Sadly, mum was never the same and missed her family even more then. It is so interesting to find people that are related to us. Gill and I are especially interested. We have 3 brothers, Stephen, Paul and Michael. We all live on the coast in Kent. Mum had 8 grandchildren and 5 greatgrandchidren! Please contact one of us! Thanks, Chris xx