My Family

An Evolving Page....

My Parents

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.

My Mother 1948
Dorothy Barton - the kindest most loving woman I ever knew 

My Father - Thomas Hillary Barton

WW2 RAF Squadron Leader - an Inspiration

And an Unintentional Comedian 

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

    With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,   

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,   

    And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!

Wedding Day 1944

My Sister

An older sister is a friend and defender,

a listener, conspirator, a counselor
and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.

My Wife - My Partner

My best chosen friend, companion, guide, to walk through life, linked hand-in-hand, two equal, loving friends, true husband and true wife.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Winston Churchill

My Boys 

Three of the best men in the world

Robert, Samuel and Tom Barton

They Inspired Me - They Made Me

My Sons

My Friends

My Immortality

Remember Guys

In Your Endo Ow (Innuendo) is STILL FUNNY !!!!

My Grandchildren 

 

The Absolute Evidence of My Immortality

Dafydd and Izaak - 2014

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.