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I was born when my mother was nineteen. Later in the year she reached her twentieth birthday, and on 2nd of October 1992, her three score years and ten.
Today I scanned some colour negatives from 4th of October 1992 made at Mum’s 70th birthday party.
Two little girls in the form of Louisa and Danni clung to their Grandma for the present opening. Jacqueline stands by in the first picture; Elizabeth is in the background of the second; and Chris appears to be showing his Mum where to go.
Here, Jessica and Jacqueline watch the birthday girl open my present.
Che was Mum’s first great-grandchild. His father, James, uncle, Mark, and cousins, Jack junior and Sam look on with awe as she unwraps a print I produced from a photograph I had taken at her previous birthday party when Louisa and Danni were introduced to the latest family member,
who was also shown his earlier image.
Here are Elizabeth,
and James in individual shots;
and Becky doing a passable imitation of Stan Laurel.
Sam, Adam, Jessica, and Danni look on
while the children’s grandmother prepares to slay her cake.
This morning, Ann of Kitchen Makers visited to measure up for a quotation for a new kitchen.
Immediately after lunch I set off for Luci’s in Clapham. We will check over documents this evening; I will stay overnight; and the next day we will sign probate paperwork for Wolf’s will.
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Wonderful photos from “25 years ago”, always a pleasure to look back on those times gone by…..
Thanks very much, Ivor
Another lovely family celebration caught in your wonderful photos. I laughed at your mother “slaying” the cake. 🙂
Good luck with the kitchen estimate and the paperwork.
Many thanks, Merril
Oh, those photos make me smile! Such a good way to start the day.
Many thanks, Laurie
Great pics!
Thank you, Hunt and Peck
Happy pictures, all … I hope your trip today goes well.
Thanks very much, Osyth. Probate application sworn in
Your family is fortunate to have such a dutiful chronicler of events like these. Great photos as always.
Very many thanks, Oglach
Wonderful memories.
Many thanks, Rupali
Great to look back
Thank you, Beatriz
As I read through this post I was musing on the fact that you have kept such a strong and consistent record of your family and city and the changes that time brings …… historians will love you in years to come. I do hope we will get to see before and after shots of the kitchen …… I LOVE new kitchens!! 🙂
Many thanks, Pauline. I will do my best
Great photos, particularly the last one:) I like your mum’s cameo brooch; I remember wearing one everyday once. I received one in that same year for my 40th birthday.
Thanks very much, Mary. The brooch was my grandmother’s
Your Mom looks shipshape at the milestone. You have inherited her buoyant streak! The gift is truly unique, and symbolic of the rose garden she has spawned.
Very many thanks, Uma
“Slay her cake” – still laughing about that.
🙂 Many thanks, Jodie
So wonderful you keep your photo records.
I never realised what I would be doing with them 🙂 Thanks a lot, Inese
You have kept good photo records of you and your family, Derrick. Your mother looks wonderful at 70!
Thanks very much, Lavinia. Mum’s still with us
Easy to see whose son you are! The spit!
Thanks a lot, Brian
Your mother has always looked like a lovely woman, but that picture of her about the slay the cake (which sums the picture up beautifully) makes her look positively demonic. 🙂
🙂 Many thanks, Quercus
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