David Manning

David Manning, Jenny's father, was born in Topsham, South Devon in 1914. He went to school locally, but followed his brother, Arthur, to the Draper's School in Purley when he was nine. He worked in wholesale drapery in Bristol after leaving school and was conscripted into the airforce in 1940 after World War Two was declared. He met Jenny's mother, Lorna, in 1940 while stationed in Bedfordshire, marrying her in 1942. After the war he worked until retirement in a large retail drapers in Cambridge. He and Lorna lived in Cambridge for the rest of their lives. Their daughter Jenny was born in 1946.

David on chair beside his brother, Arthur (studio photo)

David in sailor suit (studio photo)

Charabanc about to leave from outside a pub in Topsham, South Devon. David is standing front right.

Dormitory at the Draper's School, Purley, where David was sent as a border in 1924, aged nine.

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David at 27 Hampden Road, Bristol in 1931 (title from his mother's photo album)

David in Broomhill Lane, Bristol, 1931

David as leading aircraftman, made a corporal in 1941

David with Lorna Watling, his wife-to-be, on a south Devon beach. Ella, his mother, is sitting behind them

David and Lorna's wedding at St George's church, Cambridge in 1942 with Ella, David's mother on his right and Meredith and Dorothy, Lorna's father and sister, on her left

David, as a young man, sketching, with a group of children looking on (possibly a press photo)

David and Lorna on a tandem in the back garden of 10 Green Park, Cambridge. Jenny rode in the sidecar as a baby and later a toddler

David and Lorna on holiday in Margate, 1953

David at work in Robert Sayle's, Cambridge (later John Lewis) where he managed the bedding department until retirement in the 1960s

David in 1969 with daughter Jenny and her husband, Bob, holding Jo, David's granddaughter, on his right

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