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Photograph of Richard Suter in the back garden of the
family home at 10 Highweek Road, Tottenham, with an
inscription on the back

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The inscription, dated April 4 , is addressed to William
Peirce junior and his family, and was given to them in
1954. Apparent remains of a world war two Anderson
air raid shelter appears behind Suter. The photograph
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may have marked his 90 birthday - the number 90
seems to be written in the bottom left hand corner, and
the year 1954 fits. An outhouse, and the remains of a
shelter, seem to be behind a boundary fence, hence next
door to 10 Highweek Road. There was probably
another such assemblage in the back garden of no.10 –
most people seem to have set up such things during the

world war 2 blitz.

Exactly when Suter’s eyesight deteriorated badly is
unknown. Images of Suter in his advanced years do
not show him wearing spectacles: surgery was
available for cataracts, so they are unlikely to have