Edward Elgar

Edward Elgar was born in Norwich in March 1867. His early life was spent in Norwich.. He studied music in London, before becoming musical director of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1901. He married Elsie two years later. They lived happily until her death in 1940. Edward passed away peacefully two years later in London

Beatrice May Falloon

Beatrice May Falloon (known as Aunty May or May) was born Beatrice May Ledger on the 11th July 1906 in Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England. May Ledger left England in 1927 travelling to New Zealand where she lived in Upper Hutt for the rest of her life. She married Albert ‘Toby’ Ronald Falloon on the […]

John Malkin

John was born on the 20th November 1931, at Nurse Peacocks maternity home in Waipukurau, Hawkes’ Bay, New Zealand. The youngest of six children he (like his brother Edwin Jnr ‘Teddy’) was doted upon by his parents and four older sisters. His early days were by all accounts difficult with his parents having been some […]

John Malkin

John was born on the 20th November 1931, at Nurse Peacocks maternity home in Waipukurau, Hawkes’ Bay, New Zealand. The youngest of six children he (like his brother Edwin Jnr ‘Teddy’) was doted upon by his parents and four older sisters. His early days were by all accounts difficult with his parents having been some […]

Margaret Elizabeth Thompson

Margaret Elizabeth Thompson was Born in the seaside town of Whitby, England on 2nd June 1932. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Thompson, a fisherman, and Mary Elizabeth Smith, who worked as a seamstress. Margaret attended St. Mary’s Primary School in Whitby from 1938 to 1945, where she excelled in literature and mathematics. At […]