Meg Allen wearing the red and white roses of that day in January 1969 (83.5 yrs).
Roses were a symbol of their marriage (Newspaper cutting, 1975 - Contributed - scroll down to end, below, first)
Roses were a symbol of their marriage (Newspaper cutting, 1975 - Contributed - scroll down to end, below, first)
I am in tears...I remember them so well...I was hunting for Ralph Allen when I came across your blog. I had been told, when I stayed with Noel and Daphie years ago, that you had died? obviously wrong info.
ReplyDeleteI am Maureen Allen...married and name is now Thornton email is methornton1900@google.com - please contact me.
Hi Maureen
DeleteI am so glad that you 'stumbled' on these blogs and happier still that you contacted me. I do remember you visiting Manubi many years back.
When Shirley (my wife) and I lived in the Somerset West (Cape Town) area, also a few decades back, I recall visiting with your mother, Aunty Chrissie, in Lakeside(?), near Muizenberg. I think that was home for you.
My parents, Noel and Daphne have passed on now. I had the privilege of interring their ashes on the beach near Gericke's Rock, near Sedgefield where they last lived.
I have been doing quite a bit of research into the Allens of Transkei including Ralph and Phil Allen's WWll service in Tobruk, North Africa. The blogs are a first attempt to record something in a form that is more easily accessed than the boxes and albums of artifacts I have inherited. As an only child, I became the custodian of most of our Allen memorabilia and am trying to keep something for a future generation or two that will not be a burden for them.
I have a picture of your father and my father in a row boat together. You probably have it as well, but I will email it to you anyway.
I have emailed more detail re our family to you.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the third blog on Samuel Allen?
http://samuelallenmanubi.blogspot.com