The Munt family of 30 Batford Road
By Rosemary Ross
Mr and Mrs Stanley Munt lived at 30 Batford Road, where they brought up their sons Hector (born 1912) and Kenneth (born 1914). Photos from the family album show the house, garden and the views from the front and back of the house in a snowy winter. The brothers learned to swim in the River Lea. With the outbreak of the Second World War they both enlisted. Hector spent around two years in a Japanese camp.
Ken Munt married Rene Weston and photos show them with their baby, Dinah. Ken Munt ran the shoe-repair business at 3A Station Road, where Di helped out.
Royston Cottage, 30 Batford Road, 1930s?
Di Castle's family albums
Mrs Munt at the backdoor of 30 Batford Road, 1920s
Di Castle's family albums
Mrs S Munt in the garden, 1930s
Di Castle's family albums
Mr Stanley Munt with Ken and Hector, 1920s
Di Castle's family albums
Learning to swim in the River Lea,
Di Castle's family albums
View from 30 Batford Road, across the valley to Marquis Lane, 1930s
Di Castle's family albums
View from back of 30 Batford Road, towards Mackerye End
Di Castle's family albums
Hector Munt, 1939?
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Ken Munt, 1939?
Di Castle's family albums
Rene and Ken Munt, 1940s
Di Castle's family albums
Ken Munt (right), with Dinah and Charles Smith (Ken Munt's uncle), 3A Station Road, shoe-repairs, 1950s
Di Castle's family albums