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"In
Preston Park... two sisters habitually watched two young men playing
football for their club, the 'Hornets'. Carrie and Ellen Greenfield
were the sisters, Charlie Kilmister and Charlie Donovan the friends.
Carrie became Mrs Kilmister before my parents were married."
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"My
father and mother were married at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighton,
on April 16th, 1891. She was two months short of her 18th birthday,
-- he was a widower of 27, with a small son aged four (Teddie).
Their wedding photograph showed a serious pair standing side by
side, he wearing a short jacket with very small lapels, and tight
trousers in a lighter tone. He wore laced-up boots -- a style he
was to retain throughout the rest of his long life. The bride, with
hair piled high, and gown almost touching the floor, looked older
than her few years. The wedding dress was of apple-green crepe --
I discovered this fact years afterwards, when a fancy dress was
made for me from a remnant of the dress. In Preston Park, prior
to this marriage, two sisters habitually watched two young men playing
football for their club, the 'Hornets'. Carrie and Ellen Greenfield
were the sisters, Charlie Kilmister and Charlie Donovan the friends.
Carrie became Mrs Kilmister before my parents were married, - in
fact my cousin Beatrice, (Trissie), was already born."
Grace Donovan (Ellen's daughter)
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is a wedding portrait of Ellen, around 1891 aged 17, taken by her husband
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Charles and Ellen Greenfield's wedding (probably). They were married
on 16 April 1891, in St Joseph's Catholic Church, Brighton.
This wedding photo was taken by Thomas in the St James' Street studio,
Brighton. [left to right: Minnie Donovan, Ellen Greenfield, Charles, Florence
Donovan, unknown bridesmaid (possibly Carrie Greenfield, Ellen's sister),
unknown best man (possibly Charlie Kilmister, mentioned by daughter Grace,
in her memoir, as a friend of Charles')].
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Ellen in her garden, Ditchling Rise? Brighton, c.1916. Photo taken by
her husband Charlie.
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Ellen,
with her son Frank (on leave) and daughter Grace. Ditchling Rise? again,
Brighton, c.1916. Photo taken by her husband Charlie. |
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pre-war.
The woman on the left may be Harriet Martin, Ellen's mother. If so this
picture cannot be later than 1911 when Harriet died.
left to right: Harriet?, Minnie Donovan, Ellen, Grace Donovan, Florence
Donovan, Arthur Donovan and Teddie. |
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Ellen (3rd left, 2nd row), at the wedding of her stepson Teddie and Mary
Tebbs, Wednesday 18th April 1917.
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handing tea to her sister-in-law Florence. With Florence's husband? Dan
Bostal in uniform. Also Minnie and Grace Donovan. WW I period? |
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Ellen dressed up in the garden at Ditchling Rise, Brighton. Compare with
Mary Tebbs dressed up in the garden,
on her page; it is almost certainly taken on the same day as this picture.
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