Posted in Flashback Friday, Home life, tagged Flashback Friday on March 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Such an earnest child. Sadly I didn’t last long after I proclaimed loudly that I didn’t believe in God (don’t hold it against me). I did learn to plait, tie some good knots and earnt some bizarre badges. All the recent talk about Brown Owls got me remembering. Ah yes, “Pet Care”, “Dental Hygiene”, [...]
Posted in Flashback Friday, Home life, Writing, vintage, tagged Flashback Friday, vintage on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I haven’t done one for a while. This is D’s Grandmother looking very glam. She was a beautician with a soft spot for bad boys. She changed her name by deed poll to be the same as D’s grandfather because he was already married and couldn’t/wouldn’t get a divorce. She was a real Jewish Princess, [...]
Posted in Flashback Friday, Poetry, Uncategorized, tagged , Flashback Friday, Poetry on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Marg & Stan in 1936 in the UK. This has to be one of my favourite photos, they look so happy. It must be a week for old poems, here’s another that came out of this photo:
Flyaway
You stand in his folks’ yard
the ring on your finger.
He holds not your hand
but your wrist
as if [...]
Posted in Writing, tagged Flashback Friday on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Okay, I have a new obsession - flickr groups ;). Anyway this one is so sweet - posting old family photos, I’ll take any excuse to get nostalgic, lol. SO the theme this week is “Travel Bug”. The year is 1979, I’m discovering my love of, ahem, earthy tones. I got a new/old bike for [...]
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