Joan, Olive and Derek - 1920s
Gwendoline H. Enock (née Howe) (1921-1998). |
Date of marriage: Saturday, 11th April, 1953.
Place of marriage: Eton, Berkshire, England.
"He met Gwen in around 1951, probably drawn together by their mutual love of music and singing in particular." - John Enock
1914-1915 - 18, Gloucester Road, Teddington, Middlesex, England.
1917-1922 - 57, Moor Pool Avenue, Harborne, Birmingham, England.
1923 - Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
1939 - 33, Dickins Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
1939-1948 - Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
1955 - 5, Fairview Terrace, Exmouth, Devon, England.
1956-1965 - 67, Nelson Drive, Littleham, Exmouth, Devon, England.
1965-1991 - 16, Belle Vue Road, Exmouth, Devon, England.
1931 - Warwick School, Warwick, England.
"In the Oxford Senior Local Examination held in December the following candidates were successful: F.J. Bennett, A.R. Billington, W.M. Boswell, J.A. Enock....." - Taken from Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser and Leamington Gazette - 24th January 1931
"His education was interrupted when he was a teenager owing to lack of funds for school fees so he left school without any proper qualifications." - John Enock
1939 War Register: Electrical Engineer.
"I think he drifted between jobs, never really settling until he worked at a power station in Warwick, thus exempting him from military service during WW2."
"Anyway, dad came to Exmouth in about 1947 with a view to starting a new life. Not sure why Exmouth. Initially he floundered around a bit with an old friend/colleague of his called John Cox and they tried a business selling washing powder. After a while he took up woodturning and later printing and had a workshop at Exmouth Docks."
"He moved out of the docks in the early 60s to a tiny little workshop in the centre of town where he concentrated solely on printing. He was self-taught in all that he did." - John Enock
"Dad had a really excellent baritone voice and it was mum who initially gave him the confidence to get involved with performing in locally-produced operettas, Gilbert & Sullivan and the like. Also serious choral/church music, male voice choirs etc. Dad kept up the singing all his life." - John Enock
"Mum and dad also shared a passion for gardening (ditto aunt Joan) and he had an allotment at Littleham, where we lived from 1957 - 1965." - John Enock
"In later life dad enjoyed helping out at the local museum. He also had a passion for boats, often visiting the Maritime Museum in Exeter. I have a number of drawings and sketches he did of ships and boats which I tried to copy as a boy." - John Enock
Theatre
Derek was a regular at plays produced by 'The West of England Theatre Company' in Exmouth.
"I still treasure a wad of programmes of the dear old "W of E", starting with the 1949 season, when I first came here. "Pink String & Sealing Wax" was the first I seem to have seen." - Derek's letter to Peter Burdon 13th August 1988 (Thanks to Peter's son, Steve Burdon.)
Sports
"I used to play bowls in the local league at the "Queen & Castle" at Kenilworth. [team: Avon Electric] I expect that lovely grass has long been a car park." - Derek's letter to Peter Burdon 13th August 1988 (Thanks to Peter's son, Steve Burdon.)
It appears that Derek was also a member of a miniature rifle club.
"Dad was essentially a mild, shy and gentle character, not very worldly or ambitious!" - John Enock
"He was 6ft 3" when he'd finished going upwards. We always got on very happily. He was very kind and he didn't bully me, because if you're that much taller and older than your sister, you can really have a go." - Joan Enock
Arthur Guy Enock - 1957
"To my nephews and nieces Robin Wittingham Graham, Ronald Enock, John Arthur Derek Enock, Enid Enock, Olive Joan Enock, Robin M. Bell "of Waipawa, New Zealand, Marjory Bell (or Miller) in New Zealand and Eileen O'Brien the legacy of FIFTY POUNDS each."
Dorothea Amy Enock - 1959
"(4) TO my nephew Derek Enock of 5 Fairview Terrace Exmouth the painting of gladioli by my sister Christine"
"6. I DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the residue of my estate unto my Trustees Upon Trust to sell call in and convert the same into money and to pay the proceeds of such sale calling in and conversion unto my sister Christine Lavinia Enock of Hulham House Hulham Road Exmouth or should she predecease me then to my brother John Kemp Enock or failing him to my nephew Derek Enock"
Net value of Estate: £234 17s. 9d.
Christine Lavinia Enock - 1958
"(a) To my nephew Derek Enock of 67 Nelson Drive Littleham Village Exmouth my picture of a Barge on the Teign Canal and my Field Glasses."
Page updated 13th, January, 2021.
