Lawrence Blackman at 14. Lawrence was better known by fellow villagers as Jumbo, a nickname which stuck after the doctor tending him after birth exclaimed “Cor blimey, he’s a Jumbo”. This was thought to have been after the famous Barnum and Bailey circus elephant ‘Jumbo’; the circus is thought to have visited neighbouring villages (West Meon we think) in the years prior to Jumbo’s birth.
In 2012, at East Meon Church of England Primary School, Marley Blackman researched the history of his family. These are his notes and the photographs he found. A display panel was created for the History Open Day, and a PDF is attached to this page. The wedding photo of Harry Blackman and Edith Legg was not part of Marley's research. A letter to Meon Matters, published at some point in the early 2000s, is attached as a PDF. Terry Chapman had enclosed a picture of his mother, who was a Blackman.
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