Early Social Life 1950-1970
Will Martin, B'lin Wallis (in her car), Herry (on the bonnet), Piers, Cilla Klempson, Cilla's sister Rosie's boys (the one on the left being Robert, Edward and Anthony), Penny Hitchcock , Nick Duke , unknown. Photo probably by Rosie Bryans . My earliest party memories (prior to ten) are of hunting for gold dubloons in a huge pile of sand at HMS Dryad , where the Navy held a childrens' party every year. In my teen years we were lucky to be surrounded by friends with long-suffering parents and large houses. Summer holidays were spent playing tennis - at the Archdall's, Mack's and Hulbert's, the Duke's, the Cooke's and Kelburn's - and of course at Stocks . I went to my first dance (black tie) at my Aunt Ruth's house at Warnford when I was about 13 and thereafter the winter holidays were filled with dances to which my parents kindly drove me - and picked me up from - almost nightly. Particular friends were B'lin Wallis, Nicky Bo...