People
Hosking Family
Richard Hosking born 26 May 1955 youngest son of Frederick and Joyce Hosking living at Pencaire next to where I live. Our house was lived in the early days by my grandparents James Greenwood Hosking and wife Edith.
My grandfather had been married before and had six children sadly only two survived, Ida and May (emigrated to Canada and married Charhd Burge). My grandfather married again after losing his wife and married Edith Blatchford and went on to have six children: Frederick, Reginald, Harold, Bernard, Nora and Ruth. Sadly Ruth died aged 24.
Nicky and David Barwell
26th August 2025
A photo of us with Canadian friends we met in Brazil
Duncan Neale
25th August 2025
You can forget being a footballer!!! My dad's very first words to me when I told him Terry Venables, John Lyall, Bobby Moore, and Jimmy Greaves had all joined pro football clubs.
These were boys I regularly played with over Wanstead Park. No one had a telly so that was our main pastime. I was 15 and studying at SW ESSEX technical College doing German French and Commerce and Accountancy I played for London Schoolboys and we went on to win The English Shield.
