Len early days Air Traffic Controller
Len Cumming B: 31.1.1925 in the garden @ Castor Park Road Westham. The underside of the photo reads ' Taken in the garden on a very hot day, 2 years 5 months.'
Len Cumming.
Nellie Eugenie Sargent
B: 05.06.1884
West Ham London
D: 12.1977
Reginald Frederick Cumming
B: 21.03.1882
Hackney London
Fred, Eleanor and Len's parents
Len and his slingshot!
A family portrait. L to R Len, Nellie, Fred, Reginald and Eleanor.
Nellie in the centre
War time L to R Fred, Nellie, Eleanor and Reginald
Fred getting married to Jess
Len with his parents. On holiday in Bournemouth. Len is 7 years old - 1931
Reg and Nellie.
See previous picture
Len front far right at Eleanor and Bonn's wedding.
Fred the older brother with Len.
Len front left at Fred and Jess's wedding.
Eleanor standing, Nellie and Reginald seated, Len in front.
Fourth from the left Nellie Cumming.
Fred and Eleanor Cumming @ Castor Park Road Westham. Maybe about 1925.
Wedding picture for Reginald and Nellie. Married 1908.
Fun at the beach. L to R Fred, Nellie, Reginald and Eleanor
Elenor with Len.
Eleanor at 120 Castor Park Road Westham.
Len at his work desk as Trainee Supervisor for Air Traffic Controllers (maybe around 1978/9)
Len at his 'swashbuckling best'
Ray Allan (far left) Len (far right).. possibly on holidays?/
Len (front second from right) Air Traffic Control trainee Supervisor Melbourne 1976
Len at his 'swashbuckling best'
Two mates on a ferry in Sydney Harbour..
The reel to reel Akai system in the background and Len appreciating the sound at 60 Budyan Rd.
Len (second from the left front row) beginning of his war service April 1943.
Len on the left .. the underside if the photo reads 'The chap with me is an islander and a very nice chap. You can see how my arms and legs are though. Wearing shorts and short sleeved shirt and you can see how dark Pluto is.'
Len (front) watching the radar doing the Air Traffic Control stuff at Kingsford Smith Airport. Image in the 1968 diary.
Len (front) watching the radar doing the Air Traffic Control stuff at Kingsford Smith Airport. Image in the 1968 diary.
Eleanor, Len and Nellie (mum to the two children) paddling (maybe 1927ish)
Len at his 'swashbuckling best'. The underside of the image reads 'Len on the boat deck M.V. Som' (He and Ray travelled on the Somersetshire, of the Orient Line, 19th August 1949)
The reverse of this reads 'Tradesman Colombo' Maybe 1949 on the trip to Australia???
Len and Bob Gunn (Canadian mate). The underside of the photo reads 'Currumbin again. The chap with me is Bob Gunn ( the Canadian I'm living with now)'
Len and Titch (Emrys Lever)
?? maybe a wharf on the way to Aust ??
The SS Somersetshire carrying Len, Ray (and many other) to Australia 1949. the back of the photo reads 'Rowing alongside the Somersetshire'
Len, Joan with Kelly, Tracy and Scott .. on their way to PNG. 1962
Len, Eric Allan and Kelly at the back of 98 Wilson St Botany. the home Joan grew up in.