Born in 1936 in Folkestone, she was very artistic from a young age and wanted to attend the local art school, and she was lucky enough to get apprenticed  to a very old established firm Hawksworth Wheeler. 

Run by Mr Greville she would help with all aspects of the business.  She was very good at retouching photos and painting backgrounds which was the fashion in those days and required great skill.  She went on day release to the Folkestone art school 

After she finished her 7 year apprenticeship she went to the press department of the firm, where she met Richard Taylor, who had just finished his national service, they worked together for several years leaving in about 1957.

They set up their own business in the garden shed of Pam’s father doing photos for friends and family, and one or two weddings. At this time they were also working for a Mrs Carpenter who had a shop in the Burgate, Canterbury, and also a travel shop on the Folkestone harbour, where in the summer Pam and Richard would do passport  photos  for day trippers.

In 1960 they started their own business proper. Earning contracts with Southern Television, Kent Messenger, as well as other local and national publications.  In the same period they were the most sought after social,  wedding and portrait photographers in the area.  (there are today some 1100 weddings in the archive)

They expanded and were very successful until things started to go wrong, first  they lost the contract with television, because they were using  too much movie film over stills.  

Then Pam spent two months in hospital and they lost a lot of business in her absence as there was nobody on the premises. Sadly the business only lasted a short time after this although they returned to their trade in the 1980s with Whitecliffe Photographic.

The success resumed in this period as it wasn't long before they became THE people to have doing your wedding!

Tragically Mum contacted cancer and passed away in May 1990, she is very much missed by many many people to this day.