Just to fill another blog post here are a few more of the old photos.
First is me and my Grandma - on Dad's side. Sadly she died before I was a year old. She had a heart attack and was found laying by the pond on their farm. I would have loved to have known her, she was a practical person, living on a farm, making butter and cheese etc.
As a bridesmaid aged 7 - on the right. The wedding was one of Dad's cousins.
I didn't know I had this photo below among a bundle of loose photos - it's a bit random. On the back it says 'Michael Hailes wedding Horringer'. Michael Hailes was one of the younger blokes who worked in Dad's building business for many years. This must be about 1968 ish.
There's me, Mum and Sister in front and Mrs Kerry, Mr Kerry and Dad at the back heading into church I guess. Mr Kerry was the Carpenter who worked for Dad for as long as I can remember. He smoked a pipe all the time, his teeth were pipe-shaped! - a true London family who had come to Suffolk after the war. As well as always having the pipe on the go he also whistled through his teeth and pipe- tunelessly!
That's the end of the old photos for now.
After Mum died in 1999 and with Dad being totally lost after being a carer for Mum for 10 years my sister took him round churches and family looking for family history. They had some help from someone who put lots of family photos onto a computer CD. Later Eldest daughter had the CD and printed off these two photos below, which along with a photo of my grandma (the one above) as a young woman, she put into a frame for a present.
Definitely family, but I have no idea who they are or where the CD is now.
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I love that cape. Very 1960s! Looking the lady at the back in the suit with the white collar - I wonder if it is made of Crimplene. All the ladies at church wore dresses and suits made of Crimplene fabric back then.
ReplyDeleteI bet whatever my Mum was wearing was Crimplene - all her dresses were! A weird material.
DeleteI love old photos, especially families and weddings. Fashions change soo much over the years don't they?
ReplyDeleteI hope there are still photos to see what we wear now in 100years time
DeleteOld photographs hold history and it's sad when it's lost because there's no-one to remember the people.
ReplyDeleteI expect most of the photos will be thrown away once I've gone
DeleteThe photos are very evocative of their eras. Crimplene was horrible, but I think you did not have to iron it.
ReplyDeleteCrimplene was very odd, you could screw it up and it just unfolded!
DeleteWe dressed so differently back in the day. Old photos are so fun to study.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I have so many
DeleteOld photos are wonderful aren't they, we've seen a lot over the past few months as we went through Mum's things.
ReplyDeleteHave you found any treasures and people you didn't know?
DeleteYes, we found some old photos of my Dad and his mates dressed as women!! Lots of swimming costumes and hairy chests, and them smoking pipes whilst in drag.
DeleteOh my, those photos take me back to memories of my own family. My paternal grandparents died when I was around 3 and have hazy memories of them, but didn’t really get to know them. Your grandmother’s hair and dress remind me of my Grandma Allen’s though her dresses were always dark with a small flower print and she wore them with hand tatted lace collars. I remember when those capes were the fashion. I loved wearing mine. I only have a few photos of them, wish I had more.
ReplyDeleteMy sisters cape is something I don't remember at all. I guess she must have seen this photo, I'll have to ask her.
DeleteWhat lovely photos. Those fox stoles with the faces looked scary when I was little. I hope that the CD turns up.
ReplyDeleteI love old photos, they can bring back so many memories of days gone by.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
What great memories to have!
ReplyDeleteThe thing that I love about old pictures is being able to remember the day. The moment. The feeling.
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