June 1961: my Christening day - a photo on Flickriver

June 1961: my Christening day

            Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire

It is June 1961, and I have just been Christened in St George's Church of England parish church at Little Thetford in the Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire. This photograph was taken in the garden of 3 Green Hill, Little Thetford, shortly afterwards.

Back row (L-R):

Tony Palmer in white shirt. My Uncle Tony was married to my mother's sister June. I remember being a bit scared of him when I was younger. He died in 2007.

June Palmer, my mother's older sister. Today, she lives near Ely.

Vincent Helgia Knott, 1908-96, my father's father, my grandfather. Born at Dartford in Kent, he moved to East Anglia in the 1930s looking for work, and found it at Ipswich, Cantley and Ely, where he spent the rest of his life.

Malcolm Knott, my father's younger brother, my Uncle Mac. My Godfather. Lives today in Ely.

Middle Row (L-R):

Graham Driver, my Godfather. The Driver family kept the farm opposite my grandmother's house in Little Thetford. Graham was my father's best friend, his sister Yvonne my mother's best friend. Graham died in the late 1990s.

Phyllis Knott, (1913-1990), my father's mother, my grandmother, born in poverty in Ely, Cambridgeshire.  In the year of her birth, her grandfather died in the Ely Workhouse. Three years later, her own father was killed at the Battle of the Somme. 

Elizabeth Knott, married to Mac, my Auntie Elsie. My godmother. Lives today in Ely.

Marion Knott, my mother. Lives today in Cambridge.

Winifred Cornwell (1904-1983), my mother's mother, my grandmother. Winifred was born in Dry Drayton, lived in Great Wilbraham, Cambridge and Grunty Fen before moving to Little Thetford shortly before the Second World War. She spent the rest of her life there. She had been widowed in 1953.

Front Row (L-R):

Gary Palmer, my cousin. Son of Tony and June. Lives today near Ely.

Alice Reynolds (1882-1967) (seated), my mother's grandmother, my great-grandmother. Born Alice Anable in Dry Drayton, as my grandmother was. Married Tom Reynolds, a horseman then a brewery drayman in Cambridge. Her little brother Harry was killed in the first few minutes on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Simon Knott (on her lap), me.

Melvin Cornwell, my cousin, son of my mother's brother Reggie and his wife Beryl (not pictured). Lives today near Ely.

Taken on: June 1, 1961

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