These pictures show Ada Mackie and son Donald in the back garden at 84 Basildon Road, Abbey Wood. I presume they were taken early in WWII when dressing up in gas masks and tin hats must have been considered a bit of a laugh. Also, Don is still in civvies; he didn't enlist until November 1940. The house was destroyed by a bomb during the War (fortunately with no loss of life as Ada and Bert were then living at Walsingham Lodge, Chislehurst and Don was away on active service.) It was subsequently rebuilt. I don't think Ada and Bert ever moved back there, but Don and his wife Eileen moved in during 1948 and the house stayed in the family until your blogger sold up and moved out in November 2004.
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