Alan got a job working for Chelsea Flour Mills in St Paul's Way, Bow, and the family moved above the shop, where Chris was born. At the time the Bow Bells had just started ringing again (they were silenced during the war), so Chris was one of the first genuine cockneys.
The factory was relocated to Hertfordshire so the family moved to Ware, birth place of their final child Lindsay.
The four Williams sisters Audrey, Gwen (standing), June and Merlyn (seated) with mother Jessie seated in the centre: Click for more.