He always said that he lost his hair due to the heat in India

Image and Narrative contributed by Dave, Bristol, England This is a picture of my father Sydney (Sid) and a colleague having a drink at a hotel or club somewhere in India or Pakistan during World War 2. He was was as an airplane mechanic with the RAF (Royal Air Force). He is the one with a cigarette […]

He designed motorbikes, served the British Army and worked in a circus with his wife.

Image and Narrative contributed by Shaun Waller & Oonagh Waller, UK These are the memories of my mother, Oonagh who was born in India to my grandparents, Glyndon Ralph O’Leary (Mike) and Sheilagh Anges Mary Maguire. – Shaun “My father, Glyndon Ralph O’Leary was fondly known as Mike. He was born in 1902 in Toronto, […]