Robert Purdue’s daughter Ann married George Readings who was born in Overton and lived in Waltham Road for 78 years. The picture shows their first of 6 children, Tom, who was born on 22.05.1863 and married Elizabeth Ellen Pigeon on 22.05.85. Tom started work as a bricklayer and progressed to be a Clerk of Works. He was employed on sites around the south of England and his last job before retirement in 1927 was the Memorial Chapel at Charterhouse School in Godalming. Tom died in 1954.
From Peter Readings