Roy King:  The Lens, Victoria Road, Laindon

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1.
The Lens - built by Len Stubbs, bought by the King family in 1938

 

 

2.

The Lens, centre 

Bungalows opposite: The Haven (Hunt family), Flaxton (Minnie Spencer, later the Shrimpton family)

 

3.
Nurse Ada Rungay, Roy's maternal grandmother - an important contributor to the Dunton Invasion Committee's organisation in 1942 who provided a shed for a first aid post at the north end of Dunton Drive. 

 

4.
Roy and Norman King outside their air raid shelter, c.1943-44

 

5.
Ada Rungay and grandson, Brian Rungay, c1956/57

 

6.
Victoria Road, c1959/60;  looking in the direction of Dunton

 

7.
The Lens - rear view