Stanley Brooks volunteered for service in the First World War, and he was wounded by shrapnel. This resulted in him having a metal plate in his head. In 1922 he was married to Florence (nee Thomas). He worked at Webb’s outfitters in Rushden, helped with the work of the British Legion, and served in the Home Guard during the Second World War.
Pauline Brooks, daughter of Florence and Stanley, was born in 1923, and Colin their son was born in 1930.
They were living at 11 Tennyson Road when Pauline left her job at Allebone’s to join the A.T.S. In 1944 she married Frank Skipper, a soldier from Lancashire.
Stanley in Home Guard Uniform
Florence in High Street c 1929
Pauline in her A.T.S. Uniform
Baby Pearl born 1925 died of polio aged 7
Florence, Colin, Stanley
& Pauline
Florence camping with the best china!
Colin with his cricket bat
To Hunstanton in the 1950s
with their Skipper grandchildren
Holiday on the Norfolk Broads in 1950s
Colin Brooks, Aunt Ada & Uncle Harry Goodman, Florence Brooks, Joan Cave
