Walter Lucus Lynde & Alice Rose - 2
Walter Lucus Lynde & Alice Rose - 2
A family holiday at Caterham, Surrey in 1988. Alice Edith, aged 12, holding the reins and whip, is about to take her
younger sisters, Bertha, 8, and Phyllis, 7, for a ride. Standing behind the cart is Florrie Taylor who was governess to
the girls. Florrie became a great friend to my mother, Alice Edith and 30 years later when Florrie had retired, I, as a
young child, often stayed at her home in Bansted, Surrey, where she lived with her two sisters, Ethel and Maud.
None of them had married and all were very artistic, especially Maud who was an acknowledged artist with
paintings hanging in the National Gallery and had a wonderful imagination. I can still remember the enchanting
country walks we went on together when she would weave a magical story about anything we saw when we walked.
The above was taken about 1901 when Phyllis (your grandmother) was 9
and Mighells 18 and Alice Rose must have been 50 and Walter Lucus 45.
Phillis
Alice Rose
Walter Lucus
Bertha
Alice Edith
Mighells
Eric
Ronald
David Mager
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