The author remembers when his mother, Betty, went to visit an elderly uncle, Leopold Cleave, at his Pensioner's Lodgings in Windsor Castle, where prior to retirement he had been a photographer, clerk and ultimately Chief Tapissier. When she was younger, c. 1935, Leo had taken Betty and her half brother Harold Cleave to visit Adelaide Cottage in the Home Park, where as a child he had many times stayed with his grandparents, George and Mary Ann Fleming. The visit aroused her curiosity in the family's history and in later life she became an enthusiastic genealogist. Along with her many research...
The author remembers when his mother, Betty, went to visit an elderly uncle, Leopold Cleave, at his Pensioner's Lodgings in Windsor Castle, where prio...