The guests at my parents wedding. The little lady on the left (as we look at it) of the front row is Ann Glynn.
Aunty Ann lost her husband, daughter and mother in the shelter. She spent the rest of her life living at 66 North King Street , as did her daughter Annie.
As children my brother and I went to Auntie Anne’s to watch the FA cup final, as she had a telly and we didn’t. She was always a kind and cheerful woman.
On the right of the front row is Mum’s aunt Eveline. She was a shelter survivor. Jilted as a young woman she remained a spinster until later life when her ex boyfriend, by then a widower, seached for and found her. They married and had a few happy years together. Aunt Eveline looked after Billy Curran (now identified as the shelter accordionist -Ed) before this photo was taken. He was in fact living at her home at the time of the bombing. My Mum told me that her step mother had gone to Eveline’s soon after the bombing to see if there was an accordion there that she could take to sell! It takes all sorts, as they say!!
The tall chap at the back of the picture is we think Aunty Ann’s son. He may also have been a survivor. His name Was Jack Glynn. I remember him, his wife Kathleen and son Tony. I think they lived on the Marden Estate.