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HOME PAGE OF GORDON LODGE. Somerset UK www.glodge.com |
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I was born in North Kent (UK) where I attended various schools. On completing my basic education I decided to be an accountant and qualified in the 1960's working in Chatham. In 1976 I moved with my family to Somerset to live in a cottage over 100 years old with a fine view of Glastonbury Tor. I later moved to the magnificent City of Wells and now live in the outskirts of Taunton with fine views of the Quantock Hills. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the arms of my father taken in the garden in Erith, Kent probably after my Christening at St. Martins Church Barnhurst on 4th June 1939. A studio photograph circa 1940 on right with a photo taken in Devon whilst I was evacuated.. As a boy I enjoyed my Hornby 0 gauge railways and Dinky Toys. I preferred cricket to football.....and still do. |
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In our garden in Erith summer 1940. Notice the air raid shelter with the bomb blast wall in front of the entrance. My father believed the shelter would withstand anything except a direct hit. Many a cold night was to be spent in there before I was evacuated to Devon and later Buckinghamshire. Lightning was an orphan lamb we kept as a pet in the garden for a summer in Glastonbury. Below my sons, Duncan and Stuart outside our former home near Glastonbury. |
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Myself, on left, with a friend before our caving trip in Cheddar in summer 2001. Below a picture of my mother who died in January 2000. I have enjoyed hill walking and show a picture taken on the summit of Helvellyn in the Lake District. I enjoy visiting veteran vehicle rallies amd show a photo of a 1952 Bedford coach with me at the wheel. I do not own this coach. |
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Above a studio photograph of myself and sister who was born in 1941. |
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I am a user of the Internet. I have always been a collector and was very keen on used postage stamps of QE11 but my interest has waned. I have a small collection of Goss crested china the theme being the crests associated with the County of Somerset. Photos of my collection are shown on Hobbies and Photographs page.. |