From: " Yvonne Hempston" <beewhy@bigpond.com> > Hi Ann > Thank so much for this little glimpse of the past from Farnham. I > recognise a lot of the names from the past, my dad started work with Swain > and Jones, collecting cars from the manufacturers in the Midlands and > driving them back. He used to tell a lot of stories of how hard it was in > the winter when there were no windscreens in the cars. > > When I started work in Farnham, I worked for Eric Patrick, who is no > longer with us. He was part of >the famous Patrick family and I can > remember having long chats with him about the past and his family. >It > was very interesting. You're very welcome Yvonne :-)) Several of my own family settled in Farnham and had a strong presence in the town for well over a century. Others of them lived there for a while before moving on - as many do. Consequently over the years I've amassed a large amount of information about the town and her folks. Strangely, it wasn't until after posting earlier that I realised there was a Charles PARFITT amongst the casualties (when typing one doesn't necessarily read the words - which must sound strange to anyone who doesn't touch type). Anyway, I have a Parfitt connection whereby one of my line married a Parfitt from Farnborough Hants in the 1920s. It occurs to me that as many folk from Farnham moved to and fro between there and Aldershot and Farnborough I'm wondering if anyone else here has a link with PARFITTS of Farnham and can link with the Farnborough ones. Ann