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They lived in the area - in Spurstowe Road and Jenner Road - until they moved to Banstead in 1933. He worked nearby for John Carter & Sons in Kingsland Road from leaving school until he retired, with a short break for military service in the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War. The Hackney Archives have some records of the company:
John Carter apparently started trading in 1847 and were by 1850 established at 38 Kingsland Road (renumbered 58 in 1866)... Incorporated in 1896 as 'Curesses and leather merchants, factors, manufacturers, grindery and shoe mercers, dealers, boot upper and boot and shoe warehousemen, agents, factors and manufacturers.'It appears that Sidney Brunning started on 26 October 1897 when he was paid 6/- weekly, 1898 7/-, 1899 9/-, 1900 12/-. When he returned from the Great War in 1919 he was paid £200 per annum which was raised to £230 in December and £250 p.a. in 1920. By 1924 he was paid £25/-/- per month, which rose to £30/-/- a month between 1929 and 1940. He also received a Christmas box: the records show 1898 2/6, 1899 5/-. I remember he was always given a turkey at Christmas even in retirement.
He lived with us in Sunningwell near Oxford for a few years at the end of his life: this is the family in 1966.
He died in Sunningwell on 23rd Dec. 1969. He and his wife are buried in Banstead where they lived (at 100 Brighton Road) after moving from London.
Their only child, my father, Sidney John George - known initially as Sidney but later as John - was born in Hackney in 1913.
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