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he was carrying a tennis racquet

Marion Ash was an excellent needlewoman. She left the Chowns in 1906 when Jack started School

wearing a lace collar and high necked blouse without the usual cameo

wearing a pin-tucked blouse and a toque hat with a spotted veil

wearing his sovereign purse which hangs in front of his watch chain. This was a silver ball which when opened contained gold half -sovereigns at the back and a whole sovereign at the front

Grandma Chown is wearing a blouse with lace decoration and a chatelaine around her waist for glasses or needlework scissors

Grandma Chown is wearing a blouse with lace decoration and a chatelaine around her waist for glasses or needlework scissors

note the pince-nez eyeglasses. Dr Roberts had been a fellow student of Dr Chown at St Mary's Hospital

note the pince-nez eyeglasses. Dr Roberts had been a fellow student of Dr Chown at St Mary's Hospital

note the pince-nez eyeglasses. Dr Roberts had been a fellow student of Dr Chown at St Mary's Hospital

note the pince-nez eyeglasses. Dr Roberts had been a fellow student of Dr Chown at St Mary's Hospital

Lace blouse

Mrs Neuendorff was a friend of the Chowns from Wiesbaden Germany she stayed in a cottage in Prussia cove

Philip Tilden redesigned Buckshead House he also designed Lloyd Georges House 'Chartwell' the home of Winston Churchill

Horse and cart loaded possibly with seaweed this was probably after the Chowns move to Buckshead House

Sam Rundle was Vicar of Godolphin and godfather to Jack & dolly Chown. Dolly said"He always wore a frock coat & top hat which he considered to be 'proper' dress and continued to do so long after they went out of fashion"

Another lady is visible through the window sitting within possibly Mrs Rundle