The Plume connection

I grew up in Putney in south London and my teenage sweetheart for 6 of my teen years was David who lived in Chiswick. When I went off to college in 1958 the relationship gradually foundered and David began a relationship with June, a librarian from the local public library. We lost touch but I learned from friends that David and June married in 1961. I met and married Ken and we had 4 children. We moved to Hampshire when we married and have lived here for most of our married life. Our eldest son recently married a lovely girl called Georgina. They are both teachers in London and met at a teaching conference. They now live in Balham but Georgina grew up in Greenwich in a pub called "The Plume of Feathers" owned by her mother Fast forward to 2010. I was going to be 70 in that year and for some inexplicable reason I thought of David who I hadn't spoken to for 50 years and remembered that he was going to be 70 too. I had no idea where he lived or even if he was still alive. I did a little simple research on the net and came up with a possible person living in Kent. I had no idea if it was the right person or even if it was if he would want to renew acquaintance but I sent a birthday card. It was the right person. He got in touch and invited me and my husband to lunch. We had a lovely lunch and in the subsequent conversation we tried to sketch in some of the events of the intervening years. I was completely bowled over to learn that David's wife June had spent her childhood growing up in "The Plume of Feathers" ( which her parents owned in the 1950s and 60s ) in the same way as our daughter in law Georgina did in the 1970s and 80s. I am happy to report that David and June and Ken and I plan to meet at "The Plume" in the spring to have a meal together to celebrate our respective Golden Weddings. Isn't that lovely. I am so interested in your research and would love to know if you intend to publish anything about it With best wishes Sylvia Roberts