Reunion lunch organised by Kemal Ghafur for visit of Peter Hamblin from Switzerland
TOSA
March 14, 2006
Whitewebbs House,
Enfield
14 September, 2005
2005 Reunion
Attendees
Peter Hamblin
Kemal & Sandy Ghafur
Colin Marr
Roger & Mary Smedley
Barton Lancaster (Tottenham Grammar School)
Colin Hale & Alice
John Jones
Chris Cartwright
Jim Steele
Pam Tomkins (Cotsford) & Bob
Alan Johnson & Pauline (Rust)
Ronnie Hunt & Valerie
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An estate of called Whitewebbs farm belonged to Eliab Breton of Forty Hall, after whose death it was bought by Dr. Abraham Wilkinson, who received in the former Chase under the Act of 1801.
In 1873 it belonged to Wilkinson's grandson, Henry Wilkinson (d. 1887), owner of a notable collection of paintings and objets d'art. The estate was later purchased by Enfield U.D.C. as a public park, which in 1955 totalled 232 acres.
The core of the existing house called White Webbs was built by Abraham Wilkinson in 1791; it was lengthened and greatly enlarged in the mid 19th century and was again altered in the 1870s to the designs of Charles Stuart Robertson, who gave it its French Renaissance exterior. The house, in 1973, was an old people's home. It consisted of a large two-storeyed building with a low tower over the entrance and one-storeyed wings.
Currently it is a Whitbread owned Brewers Fayre restaurant.
Trinity Group (photo provided by Colin Hale)
Back Row L to R: Ronnie, John, Alan, Colin M, Peter and Chris
Front Row L to R: Colin H, Pam, Kemal, Roger, Pauline, Jim
This was the first time that Peter had met his school colleagues after 47 years absence.
