Talk:W. G. Fish

Walter Fish: did he have a family with his first wife?
As a child, I lived next- door- but- one to Frank and Freda Bower (nee Fish) and their three daughters Caroline, Rebecca and Jane in leafy, quiet, Clapham Park London. Jane and I were born in 1942 and were friends from the the age of three until she died at the age of 59 -I was able to hold her hand and say goodbye after 56 years of friendship. Her mother, Freda, was a dear woman who was the daughter of an editor of the Daily Mail and I believe this to be Walter Fish -she would speak of one Margery Fish - the famous horticulturalist and I assume Margery was her stepmother? Frank Bower, Freda's husband, was of El Vino's fame ( founded by an uncle, Sir Alfred Bower, a former Lord Mayor?)  and Frank would have been grandfather to Tess STIMSON a journalist and author, daughter of Jane. His nephew David Bower Mitchell took over El Vito's management when Frank retired and the company was originally founded by Sir Alfred Bower, a former Lord Mayor of London.

Can you help me please? I had a wonderful childhood and have many happy memories which stay vivid in my mind. I feel I should write a book.I'm eighty-one now - ouch - time is of the proverbial essence...

Thankyou.

I am Joy (Joycelyn) Heyes and now live out my last days in Budleigh Salterton...as you do. 87.114.7.212 (talk) 18:48, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I've looked at his obituaries in the Times and Guardian, and his Who Was Who profile, and none mention children, though that doesn't rule out the possibility. Warofdreams talk 00:51, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * He had two daughters, Muriel and Freda. Muriel was my grandmother.  Her husband, Cyril George Montgomery, was killed in 1945 in a plane crash, leaving Muriel with three young children to raise on her own, one of whom was my mom, Frances. Jane and Caroline were my mothers cousins.  I met them both at different times growing up.
 * I am Amanda Perkins. Beyondkhandas (talk) 00:00, 6 December 2023 (UTC)