A RARE family reunion was just one side effect of the unveiling of Maryport’s latest blue plaque. Erected to honour Maryport climber and artist Bill Peascod, the local grandchildren of one of Peascod’s sisters, Garry and Paul Wilkinson, met up with the artist’s daughter, Emma, who lives in London. “She was only about four when her father left for Australia in 1951, and we haven’t seen her since she was about 10,” the men said. Garry Wilkinson is from Frizington and used to live “a couple of doors down” from Mr Peascod s house. Paul is from Cockermouth. Both born in the ‘60s, they did not meet their cousin Bill until he returned to the UK for a holiday in the 1970s.
A RARE family reunion was just one side effect of the unveiling of Maryport’s latest blue plaque. Erected to honour Maryport climber and artist Bill Peascod, the local grandchildren of one of Peascod’s sisters, Garry and Paul Wilkinson, met up with the artist’s daughter, Emma, who lives in London. “She was only about four when her father left for Australia in 1951, and we haven’t seen her since she was about 10,” the men said. Garry Wilkinson is from Frizington and used to live “a couple of doors down” from Mr Peascod s house. Paul is from Cockermouth. Both born in the ‘60s, they did not meet their cousin Bill until he returned to the UK for a holiday in the 1970s.