"Dorval", where I was born ( in the main bedroom on the first floor) on what was originally the Estate of Sir Robert Peal, founder of the Police Force, near Tamworth, Staffordshire.
These selected
photographs show members of my family from circa 1952
to the present day (2003)
Myself
(back left) with my parents
Jack Byard and Mavis (Pearce)
with two young Hobbs friends circa 1952 at Lymington.
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Taken on my 21st Birthday, at The Old Rialto Building, Melbourne.
My Father, Jack - Mother, Mavis and Roger at the new house (and garden being dug) at Glenroy
C. 1955.
My first Marriage 2nd May 1964, with Marcia, John Dickinson, my Mother, Evelyn and Mart Chaffer
My Father, Jack, and Roger about three months before his death at the early age of 54 years.
Anne
and I on our Wedding Day
at Scotts Church, Melbourne.
At the Indian Tea Centre,
Bourke Street, Melbourne
Our
Wedding Group L to R:
Mirek Stuart(Best Man) my Mother,Me, Anne, Phil Edwards (Father) and
Joan(Mother)
'"Twotrees Hereward the Wake of Yalumba" our Old English Sheepdog and our first pet dog in England as a married couple.
Annaliese Graduating on 1st July 2002 with a BA(Hons) Degree in Archaeology from Liverpool University
One year later digging in the former moat of Oxford Castle with the three skeletons of former prisoners that she unearthed.
General view of the Archaeological site at Oxford Castle and Gaol August 2003.
Edward (who arranged for my visit) in the Peninsular Dining Room aboard P and O's new "Oriana" on the occasion of my 63rd Birthday