Page 9 - Johnny Pettard and Family Tree.

Johnny Pettard (1921 to 1986)

 John Francis Pettard was at Dunkirk and spent days both on the beach and in the water waiting and attempting to scramble a boat back to England, an experience that was to play heavy on the rest of his life.  Johnny was very much the wheeler-dealer of the family, the original Dell-Boy, not sure whether this ability comes from the Leach side of the family or not, although I remember granddad having a Shellfish stall at one time.  I also recall Johnny visiting us when still living in London, Northampton buildings to be exact, he would always bring goods most of which were not easy to come by in those days of restrictions, rationing and ration book allowances.  By comparison his brother Bill was a more cautious person and would never accept any of Johnny’s good natured offerings.  I can still remember with the birth of my brother Dennis, Johnny turning-up with the biggest Teddy Bear you can imagine only for my father flatly refusing to accept it.  About the only thing I can remember him agreeing to, was a raisin box fall of cigarette cards for me, and maybe that’s what triggered my passions for cigarette card collecting in later years.   

	Family of John and Gladys Pettard
1941	Marries
John	Gladys		1942		1945
Francis	Begby
Pettard	Mattision
			Michael		John
			Pettard		Pettard
1961	Marries
Michael	Pauline	1963	1965	1968
John	Haywood
Pettard
		Tracey	Lesley	Mandy
		Pettard	Pettard	Pettard
		1963	Marries
		John	Joan	1963	1965	1975
		Pettard	Westwood
				Michelle	Carol	Sarah
					Ann	Jayne