Here are some old photographs which my mother recently gave to me. They were mostly in poor quality and I have touched up a few of the more severely damaged ones but have kept most in their original condition. I am afraid to say that all my great grandparents, grandparents and my father are now dead, but it is nice looking back on times in my childhood and seeing how people lived before I was born. In the pictures of my Aunt Ev's wedding my father gave his sister away as their father had died. My dad also made the bride's and the bridesmaids' dresses.

My mother, Doris Joan Hazell (nee Andrews) pictured before WW2	Dad, William George Hazell, a sailor during World War Two	My grandfather, William Andrews. This is a photo of a pencil sketch	My father when he was a child in the late 1920s
My brother, Michael William Hazell, when he was a student treacher.	My sister, Frances Anne Gower (nee Hazell), she now lives in Hastings	Me aged about seven	My brother, Andrew Vernon Hazell, who now lives in St. Louis, USA
My great granddad Freeman, great uncle Harry, great granny Freeman, Nana Alice (Watkins) and mum's sister, Peggy White, in front		Frances, an unknown friend, Michael on the typewriter, me and another unknown friend taken in the 50s in Laleham
My father (centre front) with fellow sailors photographed during World War Two. My father was a telegraphist (morse code operator).		The first four are the Alexander family, uncle Charles (Alexander), aunty Ev, dad, aunty Molly, Grandma Hazell and uncle Frank (Hazell) dad's brother
My mum in the "swinging sixties" playing records on the radiogram. My favourite artist at the time was Adam Faith.		Michael, me and Frances taken when we lived in West Hampstead	Me aged about eleven
Dora Butler who was our neighbour when I lived with my parents in Laleham	Dad with his mother-in-law, Alice Watkins.	An early Daguerrotype of great granddad & great grandma Freeman	My sister again when she was a child
My father, William George Hazell	Grandma Hazell doing the crossword	Dad with his sister, Evelyn Alexander	Me aged about nine
Uncle Bill, William Andrews, (right)	Mum with Michael	Nana Alice	Frances with uncle Frank (Hazell), right
My mum feeling the joys of spring	Mum (right) with one of her cousins	Dad when he was a scout leader	Grandma Hazell
My son, Doug	Andy as a cub	Michael as a scout	My daughter, Hazel

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