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Five pictures, first is of Joy wearing long dress captioned 'Reg Cox's wedding'. Second is of Joy and John holding parasols standing either side of a seated lady. Third is of Joy and John at the seaside perched on posts. Fourth is of nine children…

Four photographs, first of six children formal pose, captioned 'The Wenham cousins, fancy dress with Stafford twins'. Second Joy perched on a post at the sea side, fourth is of John on same post. Third is of Joy and John and two ladies on a beach…

Four photographs, first, full length, elderly lady and John standing in a garden,captioned May Horsecroft. Second a couple sitting in deckchairs captioned 'Susie and Bill'. Third back garden of a house captioned 'College Road'.Fourth Joy and John as…

Four photographs, a car, a Ford Model Y, captioned 'The family car'. Three ladies seated at small table. Joy at the bottom of seaside slide. Joy and John on house veranda with bicycle and small dog, captioned 'College Rd with Jock'.

Two photographs, upper torso of elderly lady captioned 'May Horsecroft'. Two children in fancy dress captioned 'Joy'.

Two items, a Silver Jubilee Xpdograph souvenir of John, head and shoulders, captioned 'John'. Two ladies, John and Joy and a car by a building with thatched roof, captioned 'Devon 1937'.

Three pictures, woman with Joy and John in swimming costumes captioned 'Margate again'., two small pictures of a river scene.

Young lady sitting on pillar in formal garden. Captioned 'The Croft 1939'.

Small boy sitting on bench with chimpanzee captioned 'John', three ladies sitting on bench in a formal garden.

Two pictures, lady sitting on bench in garden captioned 'Fanny 1939', lady sitting in deck chair in front of building entrance, captioned Susie'.

Five photographs of children posing in costume.

Two pictures, a woman sitting on bench in garden, and a man cutting the grass with a rotary mower. House in background.

Three women sitting on a bench in a formal garden.

Head and shoulders portrait of a young man, captioned 'John 1942'.

Group of nine children, two sitting in deck chairs, posed in a garden.

Two photographs, man sitting on blocks of wood, trees in background. Two men standing in front of trees. Page captioned 'Australia Valentine Doe'

Two pictures, John Wenham, head and shoulders as an aircrew trainee, captioned 'John 1944'. Young lady sitting on a bench in a garden, captioned 'Joy 1939'

Three elderly ladies and a man, in a field. Hand written note on back of post card.

Formal family group, four men two women.

Three photographs, a contemporary head and shoulders of Joy Colbeck (Wenham), an elderly couple, a man's head and shoulders, captioned Len & May Wenham'.

Joy Colbeck was born in Maidstone, Kent and served within the Women’s Royal Naval Service during the war. Her brother, John, joined the RAF on the 28 of April 1943, qualified at as an air gunner in April 1944, before being transferred to an…