Alan Carr - Crayford

I recorded the 'Who do you think you are' programme (featuring Alan Carr) last week, but never got round to watching it until this evening.

I'd heard of his links with Crayford - where both Jon and I come from. However, it was interesting to learn how his great grandfather had ended up in the town after deserting during the 1st world war; and how he had managed to 'lose' his identity by changing his name and working for Vickers the armaments factory.

When they showed the electoral role for 1919 I had to pause the TV - for there just a few names below his great grandfather (given there as Richard Mercer) was my husband's great grand parents - Ethel and Henry Wade - it is indeed a small world!