Old Family
When I read the theme for the Gallery this week, I felt a bit tired. Don’t get me wrong – I love my lot – I really do, but it felt very samey with ‘Family’ as the topic. So I decided to go trawling in THE drawer.
Have you got one of those? A drawer where all sorts of photos, certificates and bits of memorabilia are stored? Well, this is what I found!
That’s me in the front with the bucket so I reckon this photo is about 58 years old. That’s my daddy holding me and mother is on his right. Then we have Hazel, Irene (with her daughter Lorraine at her feet) and in the back is Hazel’s husband Peter. They were my father’s nieces which made them my cousins but I’ve always called them Aunty.
Sadly, three are no longer with us (Mum, Dad and Hazel) but this photo really reminds me of so many wonderful family occasions when I was small. I can see how people did confuse Lorraine and I and although mine are blonde, even at that young age I was developing my paternal family’s eyebrows!
Do pop over to Tara’s ‘Sticky Fingers’ to see some more ‘Family’.
Yep, a good looking family, that’s for sure! I’ve been scanning our lot for posterity.
That certainly must have taken care of the tiredness!
A wonderful photo, it’s clear to any onlooker that this was a happy family time for sure.
Beautiful picture. I love looking at old photographs.
I love old family pictures. Thanks for sharing.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
How wonderful!
I love photos like this and I love the range of beach outfits!
see you at the weekend X
Hello Julia! I hope this finds you well?
What a great photo, I do enjoy seeing black and white photos . Everyone looks very happy in that photo and it must bring back some fond memories of your childhood xx
I love old family photos. I wonder if it’s the shorter hair that made even young women look older then? You were very cute.
Oh, so precious!
Have I ever got one of these!!! I spend my life trawling the old stuff. It’s such a lovely semi-warm state of nostalgia to be permanently working in!
Fabulous picture and memory, and you have not changed a bit. 😉