Comments on: Who is Ginger Meggs? http://gingermeggs.wordpress.com News and Updates on Australia's Favourite Boy Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steve http://gingermeggs.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2 Steve Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:18:11 +0000 #comment-2 Hi, you should speak with Hedley Somerville who wrote a book about Ginger Meggs "A taste of Ginger" - his father Charles Somerville was a mate of Jimmy Bancks Ginger Meggs was reportedly based on Charles - the Somerville family where pioneers of Hornsby and Charles owned the local produce store near the railway (now Mitre 10) and Charles went on to lead the Hornsby Shire - was also well known in cricket. Hedley is distantly related to me and I am sure he would be pleased to speak to you. Contacts are: (02) 9477 7514 (Home) Hedley or failing that his sister Pat (Patricia Somerville) (02) 9456 4550 Hi, you should speak with Hedley Somerville who wrote a book about Ginger Meggs “A taste of Ginger” – his father Charles Somerville was a mate of Jimmy Bancks Ginger Meggs was reportedly based on Charles – the Somerville family where pioneers of Hornsby and Charles owned the local produce store near the railway (now Mitre 10) and Charles went on to lead the Hornsby Shire – was also well known in cricket.

Hedley is distantly related to me and I am sure he would be pleased to speak to you.

Contacts are: (02) 9477 7514 (Home) Hedley or failing that his sister Pat (Patricia Somerville) (02) 9456 4550

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