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Last modified: 11 October 2026

Build 2 — 11 October 2026

My parents, Jim and Nitza Boys, in Egypt before the war, and in Wandsworth after it. Click on a photograph to enlarge it.

My parents in front of a pyramid at Giza, c.1938-39
c.1938–39, EgyptMy parents in front of a pyramid at Giza [?].
My mother, and my father in army uniform, beside an ancient statue, Egypt, c.1939
c.1939, EgyptMy mother, and my father in army uniform, beside an ancient statue at a temple [?].
My father in uniform leaning on an ancient statue, Egypt, c.1939
c.1939, EgyptMy father in uniform, leaning on the same statue.
My parents on the beach at Alexandria, c.1939
c.1939, AlexandriaMy parents on the beach.
My father in prison officer's uniform and my mother holding me as a baby, outside 13 Heathfield Square, 1949
1949, WandsworthMy father in his prison officer's uniform, and my mother holding me as a baby, outside 13 Heathfield Square.
My parents with me as a baby, sitting on the grass, 1949
1949, WandsworthMy parents with me as a baby, sitting on the grass, possibly on Wandsworth Common [?].

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