I had an Ilford camera with which I took these photographs. They were all glued into a small album, but the album was taken by my sister, and I only retrieved the remnants after my father's death.
Manchester
16, Manley Road, Whalley Range
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| This was taken in the bitterly cold winter of 1962–1963. Dana Gent and Louise Berry in the back garden at number 18 |
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| Dana Gent, around her sixth birthday |
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| Rina admiring a snowman in the back garden at number 16 |
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| Lola with the snowman |
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| Liliana Schiff returning from a shopping trip. To the left can be seen the gates that were later stolen, and on the right is the conical holly bush |
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| Icicles on the Caroline Testout climbing rose over the front door |
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| Lola in the front room after a wash and clip |
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| Dennis Gent with his first vehicle, a Ford Thames van |
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| Dana Gent |
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| Dana Gent next to a giant snowman, built around and over the Victorian cast iron tazza, at the entrance to the paint cellar, a space excavated under the dining room by my grandfather |
Manchester Whit Walks
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| The Friday Catholic Whit Walks pass from Albert Square behind the Central Library |
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| Members of Manchester's Polish community |
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| House sparrows on the lawn |
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| Dana with Lola |
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| Rina and Dana |
Mons Hall, Dowland, Devon
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| The reflection of the front room at Mons Hall in the circular mirror that now hangs above my desk as I type this. On the wall can be seen the crossed sword and scabbard that may once have belonged to my great great great grandfather John gent of Spen Green in Cheshire |
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| The fish pond at Mons Hall created by my uncle Ralph Gent |
Dowland Mill
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| The best room at my aunt Lyn's home. The fine sideboard was purchased at a house auction in Manley Road, Manchester in about 1955, and restored by Lyn |
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| The fireplace in the best room |
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| My cousins Grace and Helen Baker |
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| The view from the top of Berry Hill looking towards Iddesleigh |
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| The stream below the paddock at Mons Hall |
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| Nesting swallows above the shippen |
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| A Friesian heifer |
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| Laddie, the extremely bad-tempered and aggressive sheep dog |
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| A running heifer in the field across the road known as Pool Mead or Pool Maid. On the right is the remnant of the former mill pond for Dowland Mill |
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| A parchment charter dating from 1658 which is now in my possession |
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| Walking across the Brimblecombe fields towards the River Torridge this is the view towards Iddesleigh |
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| Mons Hall from the Barn Field on Whitemoor, with Berry behind. Berry Wood has just been chopped down. |
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| One of the summer charabanc trips, this time to Babbacombe |
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| Clovelly |
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| Exeter Cathedral with the later demolished church of St Mary Major |
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| The East window of the cathedral |
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| Valerie at Westward Ho! |
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| Rina at Westward Ho! |
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| Helen Baker |
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| Grace Baker at the River Torridge |
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| Helen and Grace gather hay next to the Torridge |
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| Piglets at Mons Hall |
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| A slow worm |
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| Blackbird nestlings |
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| The shippen at Mons Hall with Laddie and the old cat |
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| Ralph's fantail doves |
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| Piglets in the sty at Mons Hall, under the same roof as us. Recently this has returned to accommodation for humans |
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