Lovely granddaughter Jenna says I must have a timeline somewhere on the website.
1935 |
Joy  born in Grantham.
Joy moves to Khartoum, Sudan. |
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Eric born in Torquay. |
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1949 |
Moved to Albemarle Avenue, Twickenham. |
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Eric's first crystal set, next to our air raid shelter. I thought a cat's whisker really was a cat's whisker. |
1950 |
Eric's mum started Twickenham Folk Dance Group. |
Eric's broken right arm, I learned to write left handed. |
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1951 |
Dad gave me my own shed to store all my electrical kit. |
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Eric's own shed. |
1952 |
Eric started playing for mum's folk dancers club |
RAF publicity photo with handsome brother Arthur. |
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1953 |
Eric took O-levels. |
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First photo I can find of Joy and school friend Clare. |
1954 |
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1955 |
June: Eric A-levels and S-levels.
November: Eric fails Oxbridge entrance exams, good! Then leaves school. |
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Photo for local paper of S-level winners, I had to borrow a school blazer! |
1956 |
Eric works at Paint Research Station.
Eric comes to Nottingham University to study mathematics.
Eric meets Joy at University Folk Dance Society, half my life sorted.
Eric asked by staff to take electronics courses as well as the mathematics ones, the other half of my life sorted.
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Eric playing for Thames Valley Morris Men. |
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1957 |
Eric's brother Owen died of "acholuric jaundice" at Hammersmith Hospital. |
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Folk Dance Society danced Ukrainian cossack at IVFDF Bristol. |
1958 |
Eric on a 3-month course at Ericssons Telephones. |
Joy & Eric at Mathematics Society Dinner. |
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1959 |
Eric graduates and asks Joy "Will you marry me?".
She says "I'll think about it."
Eric starts PhD to build a computer . |
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Looking smart at Anne & Peter's wedding. |
| 1960 |
Married 30th July and living in a flat on Premier Road near Goose Fair site.
Eric joins staff as Assistant Tutor.
Freds Folk Five's first BBC broadcast, solo by Eric . |
Wedding day |
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1961 |
Sailing on the Norfolk Broads. |
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Sailing on the Broads with Mary & Don. |
| 1962 | Move to Julian Road, West Bridgford.
Angus born in hospital, slow mover.
Eric's PhD thesis submitted, viva exam, all OK.
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Jeannie, Angus, Joy, Granny
Four generations. |
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1963 |
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Angus eating well. |
| 1964 | Rory born at home. |
Joy and Rory |
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| 1965 | Hamish born at home. |
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Rory, Joy, new Hamish, Angus |
1966 |
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Cricket with the Fyfes at Thrumpton. |
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1967 |
What a yesr!
Whole family plus Marion living in Vienna  .
We move to 31 Greenfield Street.
Eric starts as Director of Computing.
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At the Vienna Prater big wheel. |
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1968 | Eric first trip to USA and Canada.
Joy's step-dad Fred Maw died.
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Party time! |
| 1969 | Eric IBM sales trips,
Family holiday camping to Scandinavia combined with Copenhagen NATO conference. |
Note Angus's leg! |
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| 1970 | Eric to USA.
Family holiday to Venice. |
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St Mark's Square, Venice. |
1971 |
Family holiday to Yugoslavia.and IFIP conference in Ljubljana. |
Family at Zernez, Switzerland en route. |
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1972 |
Family holiday to Yugoslavia. |
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Family in Innsbruck, Austria. |
| 1973 |
Eric to USA with NAG.
Eric fired from Computing Centre.
Family holiday in Prague and Vienna. |
Family in Prague. |
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| 1974 |
Camping to Italy holiday . |
Near the Grimsel pass. |
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| 1975 | Eric to Egypt , Tanzania, Sudan, Kenya, Nigeria. |
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View from my Cairo flat. |
| 1976 | Joy to USA on teacher exchange |
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| 1977 |
Holiday camping to Frankie's and Lazise. |
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The "Pride of Pooh" on Lake Garda. |
| 1978 |
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Young Freds Folks band. |
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| 1979 | Eric to Cairo to improve computer performance. |
With Omar and his diplomat brother Ali by the Al Azhar Square.
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The photo that got me jailed.
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| 1980 |
Camping to Italy. |
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Meal at "Dal Baffo's". |
| 1981 |
Eric Music conference with Pierre Boulez in Paris,
Eric to Cairo to network their computers.
Holiday around Europe. |
Camping holiday included "Hitler's bunker". |
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| 1982 |
Camping around Europe. |
Peak of the Rigi. |
Rory, Amy, Ray
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| 1983 |
Eric round USA for music analysis lecture tour ,
Eric to USA Oklahoma for oil company consulting.
Eric to Canada Victoria for Pascal course,
Then USA holiday with Joy in Mahir's car.
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Joy and Mahir at Oklahoma. |
| 1984 | Eric to Kuwait.
Holiday in France.
Joy' mum Jeannie died.
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Sailing at Lac de Sanguinet. |
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| 1985 | 25th wedding party at Florence Boot.
Joy's first trip to Baroda/Vadodora, India, for 6 months.
Eric's dad Ray died.
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New camper van with sailboards. |
| 1986 | Eric to India to see Joy's final "programme".
Eric to India teaching Unix to IIEE. |
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| 1987 | Joy to Baroda, India again,
Eric to USA for IFIP music software standards committee. |
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| 1988 | Eric to China teaching at Shenyang in northeast China. |
Lake near Guilin, China. |
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| 1989 |
No trips to China, Tiananmen Square problems!
Karen & Angus married.
Jean & Rory married. |
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Smart Foxley males. |
| 1990 | Eric to Cairo to teach Formal Specification. |
Joy in India with |
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| 1991 | Joy to Ahmedabad learning at Kadamb with Kumudini Lakhia.
Eric to India to teach Formal Specification.
Eric to India to see Joy and on to Malaysia.
Eric to China twice for World Bank inspections of universities. |
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Sweaty Eric teaching in India. |
| 1992 | Eric to Japan then China for informal inspections for the World Bank. |
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| 1993 | Eric to more private inspections in China. |
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| 1994 |
Eric to Singapore for conference |
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| 1995 |
Anita & Hamish wedding.
Joy to Ahmedabad Kadamb Centre for Dance and Music for 3 months.
Eric twice to Singapore writing software
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to China for UK Department of Trade to inspect factories.
Eric to Helsinki, Finland, then Moscow, Russia.
Both to Hong Kong, Taiwan and China for holiday to celebrate Joy's 60th. |
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With friends Teng and Julia |
1996 |
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Dinan, France for clog & morris tour. |
| 1997 | Joy holiday in India with sister Jan.
Joy with Eric to Singapore.
Jenna born. |
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| 1998 | Eric to Taiwan National Military defence College, They converted my software to Mandarin.
I was
elected a general in the Taiwanese army. |
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The Palace Museum, Taipei |
| 1999 |
Sean born. |
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| 2000 | Both to India learning, teaching and tourism. |
The Golden Temple at Amritsar |
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2001 |
The last clog and morris Brittany tour.
Eric's mum Amy died. |
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| 2002 | Both to Egypt for holiday with Jean and Rory. .
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Dawn from the top of Mount Sinai |
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| 2007 | Both holiday in South India with Babli . |
Babli and Joy at the "Small Tiger Hotel" |
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2008 |
Holiday in France. |
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Cycling near Mervent. |
2009 |
Eric's brother Arthur died. |
Eric and Arthur, 1970 |
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2010 |
Holidays around Europe.. |
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Maja & Nicky's place near Cahors |
2011 |
Holidays around Europe. |
Joy at the Dutch Dickens Museum which has copies of our lantern slides. |
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2012 |
Paris holiday with Catherine..
Eric diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. |
View across
Lake Garda
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Ulm: Keith Haring sculpture |
2013 |
Holidays Brittany and Cumbria. |
Bernard, Marie-Paul, Eric, Joy at Carnac. |
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2014 |
Holiday in Berlin then Brittany for Bedel wedding. |
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Joy at Checkpoint Charlie. |
2015 |
Holidays in Bommersheim, then Vienna, then France. |
Eric in Bad Kotzting |
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2016 |
More Europe holidays. |
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Bedel party at le Moulin Neuf at St Georges de Reintembaul |
2017 |
Europe holidays including Viking Danube cruise. |
Arrival at Budapest at night. |
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2018 |
Europe holidays including ceili at Bommersheim. First time camping in a shed. Eric in hospital with pneumonia and sepsis. |
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Foxley females singing at the ceili. |
2019 |
Holidays Dundee with Russ & Lyndi, then Brittany down to Spain. |
Russ & Lyndi under the film-famous Carnforth clock. |
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