tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post3106648452763516578..comments2024-03-26T22:05:12.894+00:00Comments on Bear Alley: Frank JennensStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12010426017572710283noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-19078873863801930202018-01-05T18:28:07.600+00:002018-01-05T18:28:07.600+00:00Hello Carol,
I believe just around Christmas you ...Hello Carol, <br />I believe just around Christmas you dropped a letter through the letterbox at 3a. If you're reading this perhaps you could email me at pianoschoolbroadstairs@aol.co.uk<br />Many thanks Jake Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272869895135653693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-24074752788468859462017-12-03T20:58:53.281+00:002017-12-03T20:58:53.281+00:00Hi Jake, I have known frank jennens since I was 4 ...Hi Jake, I have known frank jennens since I was 4 years old until his death in 1957. I also have kept in touch with Eva his ward until her death earlier this year, so I am sure i can help you with any information you would like to know. I also live a few minutes away from Eva's old flat . Look foreward to hearing from you soon.Carol SherwoodCarol sherwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586939191013610532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-89866903934635355922017-08-13T00:27:53.018+01:002017-08-13T00:27:53.018+01:00JakeAug 13, 2017, 12:25:00 AM
I stumbled accords y...<br />JakeAug 13, 2017, 12:25:00 AM<br />I stumbled accords your blog and have found it fascinating to read. I've recently purchased the house next door to No.5 Albion Road (Frank Jennens old house in Broadstairs) I was sad to hear that Eva Shackleton, who was awarded an M.B.E during her lifetime died this year at the age of 97. Eva lived in a downstairs flat in the house next door to no.5 Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272869895135653693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-91677574884638584602017-08-13T00:27:31.521+01:002017-08-13T00:27:31.521+01:00JakeAug 13, 2017, 12:25:00 AM
I stumbled accords y...<br />JakeAug 13, 2017, 12:25:00 AM<br />I stumbled accords your blog and have found it fascinating to read. I've recently purchased the house next door to No.5 Albion Road (Frank Jennens old house in Broadstairs) I was sad to hear that Eva Shackleton, who was awarded an M.B.E during her lifetime died this year at the age of 97. Eva lived in a downstairs flat in the house next door to no.5 Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272869895135653693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-4810790206414863582017-08-13T00:26:52.997+01:002017-08-13T00:26:52.997+01:00JakeAug 13, 2017, 12:25:00 AM
I stumbled accords y...<br />JakeAug 13, 2017, 12:25:00 AM<br />I stumbled accords your blog and have found it fascinating to read. I've recently purchased the house next door to No.5 Albion Road (Frank Jennens old house in Broadstairs) I was sad to hear that Eva Shackleton, who was awarded an M.B.E during her lifetime died this year at the age of 97. Eva lived in a downstairs flat in the house next door to no.5 Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272869895135653693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-89743567746560282942017-08-13T00:25:25.664+01:002017-08-13T00:25:25.664+01:00I stumbled accords your blog and have found it fas...I stumbled accords your blog and have found it fascinating to read. I've recently purchased the house next door to No.5 Albion Road (Frank Jennens old house in Broadstairs) I was sad to hear that Eva Shackleton, who was awarded an M.B.E during her lifetime died this year at the age of 97. Eva lived in a downstairs flat in the house next door to no.5 until around June 2016. I wonder Steve is Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272869895135653693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-71707057595434382252012-04-28T18:59:57.887+01:002012-04-28T18:59:57.887+01:00Hi Jo
I have been trying to contact you.
It doesn...Hi Jo<br /> I have been trying to contact you.<br />It doesn't sound like you have the portrait I am looking for. I am posting a copy of the photo taken of uncle Frank and me with him, as he painted my portrait.This was done in about 1947 but I have no idea where it went. I have not looked on this site for a while and I expect you do the same as me and look from time to time, so I hope you carol sherwood- rooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-64269916585459589242012-03-13T21:48:41.346+00:002012-03-13T21:48:41.346+00:00Hi Carol and Julie,
I have a lovely framed waterc...Hi Carol and Julie,<br /><br />I have a lovely framed watercolour by Frank Jennens, my great uncle, of a young girl with blonde pigtails and blue eyes holding a cereal bowl...perfect condition.<br />I also have another of Frank's paintings of 2 girls with glasses, I think with a toy gun, by this one has a bit of scribbling on it sadly. He was a very skilled artist.<br /> My mother used to Jo Hainesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-79653280401065551172012-01-03T12:20:24.493+00:002012-01-03T12:20:24.493+00:00hi i am still hoping to hear from jo haines about ...hi i am still hoping to hear from jo haines about the painting she has got, as i am pretty sure I am the subject matter, I hope she may come back to this site and see my message<br />Carol Sherwood Nee RookAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-90095188744181407252011-08-28T22:42:17.782+01:002011-08-28T22:42:17.782+01:00I have a book called Anytime Tales illustrated by ...I have a book called Anytime Tales illustrated by Frank Jennens and was looking on the internet to see if I could find out anything about it. I was very surprised therefore to come across all this research and information. What an amazing and interesting discovery.wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-24516989465139324732011-06-29T14:13:54.622+01:002011-06-29T14:13:54.622+01:00Hi, I have only just noticed the comment from Jo H...Hi, I have only just noticed the comment from Jo Haines, who has an original painting of the girl with glasses.<br />I would be interested to know if this is the painting I have been trying to track down, and the reason I contacted this site.<br />The painting in question is of my sister Carol, she is the smaller one of the two girls in the second picture on the site.<br />At the time of having Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-69785996239175312422011-02-22T01:03:59.152+00:002011-02-22T01:03:59.152+00:00I think the post I wrote earlier today did not go ...I think the post I wrote earlier today did not go through. Clive, I don't know how I overlooked your 2009 post about Sheila Jennens. Yes, I did live in Reading, so my German teacher was definitely your cousin. I had heard that she had died, and was saddened to hear it. There were only three of us at school doing A-level German, so we felt very close to her. Was she your first cousin?Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-71441709106204520722011-02-21T16:12:03.506+00:002011-02-21T16:12:03.506+00:00Hello - Apologies for being anonymous but I'm ...Hello - Apologies for being anonymous but I'm a bit paranoid about registering for things on the internet that I don't really need to. I thought previous contributors might be interested to know that my wife has had a copy of Frank Jennens' Brown Mouse since she was a young girl. She can't remember now how she aquired it but inside is written "To my friend Joan (or it might Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-82844945445456269902010-08-13T21:24:29.155+01:002010-08-13T21:24:29.155+01:00I am delighted to read all this information on Fra...I am delighted to read all this information on Frank Jennens as he was my great uncle (my mother's uncle... my mother was also a talented artist, as was her sister Peggie) I still have original paintings by Frank, in particular one of the little girl with the glasses. I had always felt that Jennens was an unusual surname, but had not looked at the family history before, so it is really Jo Hainesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-48933221026454635642009-12-16T20:16:05.791+00:002009-12-16T20:16:05.791+00:00I am a great-grandson of John Creed Jennens and as...I am a great-grandson of John Creed Jennens and as a fellow researcher of Jennens family history with Roger, I am fascinated to read about Frank Jennens and add a little extra detail. Frank died on the 22nd September 1957 at his home 5 Albion Road, St Peter's, Broadstairs and his sister Gertrude's death is registered in Thanet in 1Q 1965.<br /><br />PS For Alison; Roger is probably Clive Jennensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-9348028373332049132009-12-06T00:18:09.052+00:002009-12-06T00:18:09.052+00:00Just wanted to thank Roger Jennens for his informa...Just wanted to thank Roger Jennens for his informative piece on Frank Jennens, and also for throwing light on the connection between Frank and my old German teacher, Sheila Jennens.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139249226058535951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-29239809826667292162009-12-05T21:29:54.282+00:002009-12-05T21:29:54.282+00:00I was delighted to be able to read about Frank Jen...I was delighted to be able to read about Frank Jennens and to see his photograph. I have no personal direct knowledge of Frank Jennens but I can share some details derived from an interest in all aspects of Jennens family history. As you indicate, Frank’s second forename, Beaufoy, came from his paternal grandmother, Martha Beaufoy. She was born in Knowle, Warwickshire and married in 1839 in Roger Jennensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-28632812173074271772009-06-10T02:42:19.263+01:002009-06-10T02:42:19.263+01:00I read "Brown and White" as a child, and...I read "Brown and White" as a child, and still have the book. At school I had a teacher of German whose name was Sheila Jennens. She had fair hair and glasses,just like the Sheila in the book, so I used to wonder if she was Frank Jennens's daughter. She was the right age, but I never asked her!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139249226058535951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32738097.post-65590722990652035632009-04-08T11:25:00.000+01:002009-04-08T11:25:00.000+01:00Wonderful analysis about the life and works of Fra...Wonderful analysis about the life and works of Frank Jennens, Steve. You are able to justify your assumptions with facts and real life events, which makes them all the more reliable.<BR/><BR/>I would love to see some work of Jennens, so will start searching from now on.Rafiq Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589402571072945860noreply@blogger.com