A Remembrance for Paul Anthony Cooley

  Early Memories of Paul  I grew up in the 1950's together with Paul in one big extended family. Eric and Paul, the children of my Dad's brother Chas and his wife Florence lived next door to us. David, my younger brother, myself and my Dad - Percy and Mum - Gwen lived at 112 Grosvenor Crescent, while Eric and Paul lived at 1 Denecroft. These are a few glimpses and memories of Paul in those idyllic days growing up in England in the 1950's. There is a back story that provides context for these memories. It was 1946. The Second World War had barely ended a year before. Charles (Chas) Richmond Cooley is looking for a home for his young wife - Florence - who is pregnant with their first child. They both grew up in London, south of the river, in the district around the Elephant and Castle by the Old Kent Road. In 1946 they lived in a crowded flat on Holmdale Road, Swiss Cottage. Chas came across a little plot of land in the Uxbridge Urban District, on the western fringe of London