* Message from Nick & Helen Mead in Australia:- I would like to get in contact with Mrs  Smith on the Rowe family portfolios.   As my great,great, grandmother is related to the family.   Our email address is nickhelen@primus.com.au

* Message from Jennifer in Australia:- Hi I am living Australia I am a descendant of George and Rachael Mead who were married on Sunday January 9th 1848.  Rachael's maiden name was Rowe.   regards Jennifer adber@iprimus.com.au

These are photographs from Mrs Smith of Leighton - pictures of her old Wing family - the Rowes.  Her great-grandfather, Thomas Rowe, & her grandfather, Walter Rowe, lived & worked at the Ascott kennels.  Her grandfather had four brothers: William, George, Ernest & Albert as well as a sister Amy.  Pictures show football, netball & even knitting group.  

r1: Wing School - Dorothy Rowe (b1908) is 2nd from left in back row.(2 versions - original & modern copy)

r2: Wing School 1922 - Sydney Row (b1910) 5th from right in middle row

r3: Wing School 1921 - Sydney Rowe 2nd row from back at end of row on right

r4  Wing School - Dorothy Rowe (b1908) end of back row on right

r5 - Wing School 1922 - Leslie Rowe (b1914) 3rd from left, front row

r6 - Wing School 1926 - Leslie Rowe (b1914) - tallest in back row

r7: The Kennels, Ascott c 1920