My family photos through the years from Penny Hehir

- from around 1900

Photo: Five on bikes, a photo from the family album,  from around the 1900s

Showing Trevor, Ida Rivers & Gladys at the gate.

Donated by Penny Hehir

Five of the family on Bikes at Redcliffe, Caswell..

Donated by Penny Hehir

Margaret Wood at Caswell Bay near Redcliffe House, which was the family home until the late 1920s. .

Donated by their granddaughter Penny Hehir

Redciffe, Caswell Bay. From the family album.      Donated by Penny Hehir

In the late 1920s Redcliffe was the family home of poet Vernon Watkins, a contemporary and close friend of Dylan Thomas. The house stood until the 1960s when it was demolished to make way for the Redcliffe apartments that now overlook the west side of the bay.  Wikipedia

Margaret Wood on the water. Could this photo have been taken at 'The Nets,' off Oystermouth?

Donated by their granddaughter Penny Hehir

A typical photo of two boys visiting 'the nets.'

'Visiting the nets off Oystermouth,' a painting by Ivor J. Hocking.

Lucy Bellingham pouring tea in the garden of Redcliffe, the family home untill the laste 1920s.

Donated by Penny Hehir

Margaret Wood seated

Donated by Penny Hehir

Margaret and Gerry Wood, at our Highways Home.

Donated by Penny Hehir

The Bride, Margaret Wood and Groom, Gerry Thomas.

Donated by their granddaughter Penny Hehir

Charlie Higginson  (No other details).

Donated by Penny Hehir

Highways House, 'definitely'.

Donated by their great-granddaughter Penny Hehir

Margaret Wood at Highways House with the family dog, around 1908.

Donated by their great-granddaughter Penny Hehir

A Donkey Ride at Bracelet Bay - with Margaret Wood on the donkey and Bathing Machines in the background.  Margaret was born in 1899, so the photo could be dated to the early1900s.

Donated by granddaughter Penny Hehir

Margaret as baby, with her mother Lucy Wood, around 1900. 

Donated by Penny Hehir

Family Weddings celebrations at Redcliffe, Caswell: Bride, Lucy Bellingham and Groom, Tom Wood, 1897

Donated by their great-granddaughter Penny Hehir

Lucy and Margaret both served at Victoria Hall Hospital during the Great War.

Photos donated by Penny Hehir, the great granddaughter of Lucy and the granddaughter of Margaret

Your name has been inscribed on THE ROLL OF HONOURABLE SERVICE'

The British Red Cross Society To Lucy Wood.

It is a sincere pleasure to me to learn that a Meeting of the Council of the British Red Cross Society held in St. James's Palace, your name has been inscribed upon the Roll of Honourable Service.

I cordially congratulate you upon your good work and gratefully thank you for your services in connection with the Cause which I have so much at heart.

Signed: Alexandra Regina Date: 1 May 1919


Photos donated by Penny Hehir, the great granddaughter of Lucy and the granddaughter of Margaret

Two of the nurses are: (on the right hand side) Nurse Lucy Wood and her daughter Nurse Margaret Wood (see photos and medal earlier). Seated in front is Matron, Mrs. Moreton.   Mark Lewis donated this photo which includes his grandfather, William Horwood Lewis, pictured back left, who is with other patients, all wearing 'Hospital Blue' and VAD nurses at Victoria Hall.  Photo: M A Clare  

A group photo , from Penny Hehir. (Thought to include Lucy Wood). 

'Watch for the Birdie!' photographers at work, next to a river.

Donated by their great-granddaughter Penny Hehir

A sailing boat shown off the Dock Pier. Donated by Penny Hehir.

Photos donated by Penny Hehir