| Father |
James Arthur Baker, b. 10 Dec 1903, Bromley Registration District, Kent, England  |
| Mother |
Edith Hilda Stacey, b. 11 Dec 1908, Bromley Registration District, Kent, England |
| Married |
5 Jun 1926 |
Bromley Registration District, Kent, England [1] |
| Notes |
- Having weathered the war and seen all their extended family survive, Edith and Arthur settled into a simple and harmonious existence. Edith retained her full-time job at Morphy Richards. She also still did some cleaning at the Convent just opposite Derry Downs called St Philomena’s on a Saturday morning. Their weeks took on a regular predictable pattern. Saturday Edith did all her washing by hand. Arthur having worked at the Cockmannings Nursery all week tended his own large garden at the weekends. In the summer they sold their extra produce from the back door. Saturday night they played Solo with Bill and Olive Chantler or went to the pub with friends. Edith particularly liked going to Bingo. Sunday they had roast dinner and saw family. There was always seafood at tea time, either prawns or winkles or cockles. Monday was cold meat day and Tuesday was mince.
Neither of them ever learnt to drive so they either walked or went by bicycle or bus. Fortunately Orpington town was a short walk away as was Cray village so they had everything to hand they could need, apart from their smoking they probably led very healthy lives as they ate mostly home-grown produce. It wasn’t all work though and there is a photograph which must have been taken around the end of the war of Edith, Arthur and Peter on holiday at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight.
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| Family ID |
F3643 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Cumberbatch Family History
