Hi
There is no doubt that you have got the right family. On one of the photos that Gertrude sent to my father in 1979 she has written “Aunt Meg. Uncle George & my Mummy.” The picture shows three children of roughly similar age in Victorian/Edwardian dress. Since the picture was sent to my father, the ‘my Mummy’ presumably refers to Gertrude herself, though I am not sure if this works out age-wise.
My father, John, was particularly fond of “Auntie Meg” (Margaret) as, when very young, he was brought up in her family. She lived with her husband and daughter in Brunswick Street, Edinburgh. Meg’s daughter was then in her teens and, as well as taking John to the nearby (silent) movies, she introduced him to the 1920s “Jazz Age” in the form of a wind-up gramophone and records by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra – a love which went with him through his life. When he reached school age he went back to stay with his father and others in Gilmore Place. I am looking forward to sending photographs – I am spending quite a bit of time at the scanner – but I am not sure how to go about it.
HC
