A picture, probably from the twenties of Mr J(ames) Sylvester and Mrs Emily Poulton. The Poultons had six children - Percy Sylvester (1894) Lesley Ernest (1895) Reginald Charles (1897) Marjorie Rose (1900) Edith Josephine (1901) and Kenneth James (1908)
The words below originally appeared in 1906 and are from Chapter 2 Part 1 of The Forsyte Saga Vol 1 by John Galsworthy (1867-1933). Old Jolyon reminisces Difficult to believe it was so long ago; he felt young still! ... those Sunday afternoons on Hampstead Heath, when young Jolyon and he went for a stretch along the Spaniard's Road to Highgate, to Child's Hill, and back over the Heath again to dine at Jack Straw's Castle - how delicious his cigars were then! And such weather! There was no weather now.
Welsh pastor [born 59] at Childs Hill Baptist, London [83ff] husband to Eleri [88ff]; father to 5 sons [b 89-01]; 3 (soon 4) daughters-in-law [09ff]; 8 grandchildren [14ff] author: several books, many blogs.