Russells And Dowdings
A Memory of Penge.
My mother, Edith Lucy 'Dot' Jeffery, was born in Penge in 1927, to a Lucy Russell, nee Dowding. She married in 1949 and moved into Queen Adelaide flats, and had me in 1950, before moving to Sidcup in 1955. Since that time, she lost contact with her relatives in Penge, but I know that many Russells and Dowdings lived in the area for many years, in Woodbine Grove and Maple Road. As a small boy I can remember walking down Maple Road past the market stalls, where I think some of my cousins (the Russells) had stalls.
Mum and Dad both learned to dance at Peggy Spencer's, and I can remember Salvation Army classes at a hall on Maple Road.
If anyone has any information on any of the Russell family, e.g. Alf and Alice Russell and their children John, Terry and Pat, I would be glad to hear from them. Similarly, the Dowding family. Many thanks.
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