{"id":244,"date":"2025-07-19T22:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T22:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/dir\/?page_id=244"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:25:32","slug":"alf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/?page_id=244","title":{"rendered":"Alf Allen family history annals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alfred Douglas Allen.<\/strong><br>1921 to 2001.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"JFWebsiteWidget-01a08790e88070008cfd1963519b1c28b191\"><\/div>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\/website-widgets\/embed\/01a08790e88070008cfd1963519b1c28b191\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;From Southwark to Southampton.<br>A diary of events from pre-1900 to 1978.&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An on-line version of my dad&#8217;s &#8220;life&#8217;s work&#8221;, prepared by Mike Allen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sutton52.jpg\" alt=\"Alf Allen in Sutton, Surrey, 1952\" class=\"wp-image-124\" style=\"width:901px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sutton52.jpg 760w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sutton52-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alf, aged 31, picture taken in Sutton, Surrey in 1952<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obviously posed at a photographer&#8217;s studio, this copy is mounted on photographer&#8217;s board. This is the picture that my dad gave me sometime in the 1990&#8217;s when I asked for a good photograph of him. I framed it and it&#8217;s been on my wall ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/orderly-queue-1024x385.jpg\" alt=\"Please from an orderly queue\" class=\"wp-image-556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/orderly-queue-1024x385.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/orderly-queue-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/orderly-queue-768x289.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mike-allen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/orderly-queue.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of many of Alf&#8217;s cartoons, mostly work-related, for which he became well-regarded.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Text by Alf Allen 1999. Edited and spell-checked by Mike Allen 2003-2026.<\/strong><br>Most photos taken by Alf and most illustrations drawn by him; scanned from his albums, etc., now in my possession and edited 2003-2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nAlfred Douglas Allen.1921 to 2001. &#8220;From Southwark to Southampton.A diary of events from pre-1900 to 1978.&#8221; An on-line version of my dad&#8217;s &#8220;life&#8217;s work&#8221;, prepared by Mike Allen. 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