Abigails children

Rosa, Jack, George and Caroline Erridge
attendants for Amy Erridge and her new husband Mac

Abigail Piper

This lady used to ride the brewry horses in to stormy sea off Eastbourne to launch the Lifeboat.
She married Richard Erridge and they had 10 children (that survived) Benjamin, Jane, Amy, Daisy, Elsie,John,Caroline,Fredrick, George and Rosa.

The Erridge Family manning the life boats,

Benjamin Erridge with his wife Anna (Russell)
the parents of the 3 boys below. Anna had a daughter Violet
from her previouse marrige but she was not classed as part of the family. The family lived in Eastbourne with the many other Erridges like a kind of Eastbourne Maffia. some of whom crewd the life boats

The Erridge Boys of Eastbourne

John George and Ben,

War Wedding (WW2)

The wedding of Benjamin Erridge and Betty Colbourn.
No big white frock as there was a war on and clothes were rationed,
The picture shows both sets of my great grandparents, Granny was stationed in Aldershot with ATS and granddad was Royal Navy protecting food convoys.

The Reed family having tea 1896, the tall girl with a fringe is my great granny Helena Reed

Bineham Chaily 1905
This was the home of the Blencowe Family.
My great great Grandfather William Reed was their Coachman.


William Reed was the son of William and Harriet Reed, born in Maresfield Sussex in 1850 his father william Reed was also born in Maresfied in 1825.

Nurse Oliver with the Reed family at Bineham Chaily Sussex, Nurse Oliver was 6ft 2,









240213 LCpl Charles Colbourn of the 5th Royal Sussex Regt.
and his bride Helena Reed, Charles had been a patient of Nurse Edith Oliver at Beechland Hospital in Chaily Sussex, Helena was the childrens nurse (Nanny) at Stanmer House Falmer Sussex.

my family

Henry Reed with his wife Louisa (Shelton)
and their children, Louisa born 1876
William 1878, both born in Newick.
Herbert 1880 Helena 1882,born in Uckfield Sussex the photo was taken in 1882

Bushell

William Bushell

1. 16077177AC2Bushell
10. West End School
11. Aldershot1929