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A sketch of a utility room with a washing machine, brush, mangle and boots. On the reverse are sketched flowers, trees and wildlife.

A watercolour painting of a mill cottage and a bridge. On the reverse 'Johnnie painted this on Scout Camp [indecipherable]'

John Law's Sketch Book. The book has John's name and address on the cover. Inside some of the artwork is signed by 'Billing'.

A painting of a fishing boat casting nets. In the distance is a small harbour. Dated Sept 11 and assessed 'Better wash'.

A sketch of an old rectory, signed JH Law. Captioned 'Albury Rectory, nr Guildford, Surrey'.

A painting of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London with three soldiers guarding..

A newspaper cutting about the Ashford Grammar School Memorial.

A menu with signatures of some of the participants.

The menu for Christmas 1941 with signatures of several of the attendees.

John's postponement of National Service

RAF Form 2168 issued to John Law.

A magazine published by RAF Wigtown. It contains articles from the Commanding Officer, The Padre, poems, a crossword, quizzes, the WAAFs, sports reviews, jokes and forthcoming events.

A missing painting with a handwritten annotation underneath 'My darling brother painted this aged about 10 years old'.

A certificate of exam results, published by the University of London.

A group of trainee airmen arranged in four rows. Each man is named on the caption at the bottom of the image. On the reverse is a post it with 'Law J Row 3 2nd from left'.
There is a stamp 'Photograph by Vivian of Hereford'.

A card sent by John to his mother.
Handwritten is 'From John to Mummy it is Mummy's Sunday'.

Events and the ceremony details.
On the reverse 'Presented to John Henry Law on the occasion of his father's visit to the Royal Wedding on Duty as a member of St John's Ambulance Brigade. Nov 29th 1934. H J Law'.

A sketch of a thatched cottage. On the reverse is a boy bending over and looking through his legs. Above him is a cow's head.

Detailed sketches of a dinghy and three fish. The fish sketches have been annotated with comments.

The left page has two fighters attacking a third and the right page has a painted vase. The vase has comments 'Weak', 'Shakey' and 'Good'.

A coloured sketch of a pipe and an open box of matches.

A sketch of a piece of cake and an empty cup and saucer.

A coloured sketch of an apple, orange and other fruit on a plate.

A sketch of two men standing in the rain with sandwich boards. One is advertising the comedy play 'The Gay Lord Quex' and the other states 'One of the best'. Underneath is 'Convincing'.
There is a comment 'Original or Copy?'

A row of six people, two elderly and four children. Life has been circled and a comment 'Is it?' added.
It is annotated by the artist '[indecipherable] "We're a rare old-fair old-[indecipherable] crew" '.
In red is annotated 'C+ 21/2/11'.