Major characters appearing in Pam Hobbs' Memoir "Don't Forget to Write"

The entire family, taken at Southend's Kursaal in the 1930s. Starting from Dad and moving clockwise: Iris, Rose, Kath, Violet, Mum, Edie, Pam, Connie.

Mum and Dad at the front gate, 19 Kent

Edie's twins, Jean and Billy beside the
Anderson shelter at 19 Kent

Pam, Sylvie and Iris at Kirk Langley

Aunty Min with Tipsy at Ivy House

Pam and Iris back home in 1942

Kath and Wally with
baby Valerie at 19 Kent

Valerie was five years old when
her Dad (Wally) returned from the war

Violet and Lionel's wedding

Sergeant Connie

Kath's husband, Wally

Pam, as a Westcliff High School pupil in 1942

And as a travel writer in Brussels, 2007