Fathers and Sons
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Andrew, Alec's elder son, as a handsome teenager posing with a pipe.
Peter, Alec's equally handsome younger son, emulating a cowboy.
Father and son: Alec and Andrew at a garden party in 1950.
Evelyn and Laura at their wedding in London, 17 April 1937.
Bron in his school uniform during the holidays at Piers Court, 1947.
Evelyn eyeballing his youngest son, Septimus, at Piers Court, 1955.
Family and staff at Piers Court, 1947. Evelyn in the centre sits between his wife and mother. Elwood, his butler, stands behind him, while Teresa and Bron create a symmetry at his knees. On the far left, Gladys Attwood, a cleaning lady, holds Hatty's hand. James sits on his mother's lap and Meg stands between her grandmother and old Mrs. Attwood on the right. The young girl, top right, is Vera (beloved Nanny), and next to her is Norman Attwood (one of a string of beloved cowmen).
A painful moment in the Morning Room at Combe Florey, 1965. Left to right from the back: James, Papa (holding me and my sister Sophie), Granny, Grandpapa, Aunt Teresa (with her son, Justin), Aunt Meg (with her daughter, Claudia). Kneeling in front: Hatty and Septimus. Sitting on the floor bawling: Meg's eldest daughter, Emily.
Bron, a teenager, posing at Piers Court, 1955.
Bron, a man of the world, posing at Combe Florey, 1990.
First steps to a literary career? Me aged eleven months in the library at Chilton Foliat.
At Chilton Foliat, 1969. Mama and Papa behind, Sophie holding Nat, Daisy looking serious, Biafran Dozie Chukwuka trying to puff his cheeks, and me looking priggish.
Father-and-son competition at Butlins, 1965. The winners were No. 41. Papa was reviewing the famous holiday camp for the .
Bron at Piers Court aged twelve, 1952.
His grandson Bron aged six, 2004.
Suave? Attractive? Interesting? My family trying to maintain Victorian dignity, 2004. Me and Eliza and (from left to right in front) Mary, Bron and Sally.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Waugh, Alexander.
Fathers and sons: the autobiography of a family / Alexander Waugh.
p. cm.
Originally published: London: Headline, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903–1966—Family. 2. Waugh family. 3. Authors, English—20th
century—Biography. 4. Fathers and sons—Great Britain. I. Title.
PR6045.A97Z874 2007
823'.912—dc22
[B]
2007005239
eISBN: 978-0-307-48469-7
v3.0