Sundae's Album - Page 6

DanaC · 06-03-2013, 06:26 AM

Your mum was a striking looking young woman. That pic of her on her own is beautiful, she looks haunting.

And your nan was a looker too!

Also: your Dad had something of Charles Dance about him when he was young.

Finally: you were an adorable kid.

richlevy · 06-03-2013, 10:18 PM

Nice pictures. You have a great family.

Sundae · 06-04-2013, 01:50 PM

Scanning photos for a card for Father's Day.
Bless Dads for getting the albums out.
Cropped my sister out of all of the photos

To be fair, the frames on the card are very small, and it is my card after all.
So a couple of lickle pics.

Benidorm (Spain).
I didn't go abroad again til I spent time in a French school.

Great Yarmouth (surprise!)

Sundae · 06-04-2013, 01:54 PM

1st birthday
Christmas about 2 1/2.

Sundae · 06-04-2013, 02:03 PM

Dad looks like a serial killer in the above.
I can only assume it he was caught trying to instruct Mum how to take a photo.
I've done the same, but it's easier to rectify with digital.

BIG jump in age here; these are Dad-and-I-specific-photos and he was almost always behind the camera.

Our next door neighbour's daughter's wedding. Sounds like a loose connection but in fact we still have the same next door neighbours, and they came to all three of our weddings ("we" siblings I mean.)

Confirmation Day - you've seen a pic of this event before, but this time it has Dads in it.

Sundae · 06-04-2013, 02:17 PM

Not quite a photo bomb, but I am obviously craning to get into the shot.
As I hated having my photo taken, at that age, my guess is that I felt safer "making an effort" than flat out refusing.
I ended up in shot, but am now pleased about that.

Me at the Christmas That Never Was.
I'd been dumped by The One, had picked up two others I really didn't care for, lost so much weight my friends worried about me, and had Christmas dinner in the Student Nurses' accommodation block. That was planned btw, not a bizarre medical emergency overspill.

Ended up with a foodfight, and getting so stoned I thought my legs had been attached backwards.
And even though I wasn't even a social smoker, apparently I cried out, "Doesn't anyone have a normal cigarette?!"
Well if you don't do it when you're young...

No photos of me running round in my bra stoned.
This one is on Boxing Day.

Sundae · 06-04-2013, 02:21 PM

Got some older ones of family, which might have some historical interest.
Will maybe scan and post them some time before the albums are put away again.

Sundae · 06-09-2013, 12:56 PM

Top pics: Dad's school photos.

Below, him in a new suit, walking along the prom in Great Yarmouth. Aged 13-16, hard to tell because of the way fashion has changed these days.
I can't imagine a teenager on holiday with his parents in an English seaside town dressed up in a suit these days.

The numbers at the bottom show the photo was taken by a professional photographer.
They snapped you in tourist locations, gave you a card with the number on and you went back to check the photos in the photographer's window the next day.
You could buy them as they were, or enlarged, or even if a special presentation pack.
This still applied when I was on holiday in Yarmouth 20+ years later, and especially at holiday camps. In fact I was caught out by a photographer at a B&B in Blackpool when I was only recently separated from my husband.

Seems a world away now.
But not everyone had a camera, or could afford the film/ development costs for something that might end up with someone out of frame/ focus.

Sundae · 06-09-2013, 01:08 PM

Dad with his parents in Yarmouth.
Nanny Robinson met me, but died very soon after my birth so I don't remember her.
Grandad Robinson didn't even live to meet my sister, let alone me.

Note Dad's laptop!
Oh, okay. Portable record player, probably.
And yes, he was 18 and already losing his teeth. Thank goodness for the NHS.

Dad being a matinee idol at Butlins.
With his mouth closed.

Sundae · 06-09-2013, 01:23 PM

Christmas circa 1960? 1961?

Dad on the left of course, Edward in the middle and Charles on the right.
Ted is the eldest son, but Charlie lost his hair early and life hit his body harder.
He stayed at home with his Mum and lived a dissolute bachelor's life, which in those days involved late nights, heavy drinking, heavy smoking and everything fried to absolute buggery. Not dissimilar to now, except it was every single night and came on top of TB and malnutrition.
He had his romances, but never married.

I cared for Uncle Charlie a great deal, because he told told rambling stories and therefore had time for mine.

Uncle Ted's still alive, but in a very bad way these days.

Second pic is Dad bowling.
He was a bit of a demon-sportsman back in the day.
Rarely beat Charlie at anything though.
Then again, they were almost different generations, thanks to WWII.

BigV · 06-09-2013, 06:38 PM

very enjoyable, Sundae. Thank you.

DanaC · 06-09-2013, 06:44 PM

This is currently my favourite ongoing thread.

orthodoc · 06-09-2013, 07:00 PM

Thank you for sharing this, Sundae. It makes me want to find my old albums with pics of my dad and relatives. Good memories.

Sundae · 06-10-2013, 04:39 AM

Cheers, peeps.

Another of Nanny & Grandad's wedding.
In those days, weddings were family affairs. Dresses were handed down and resewn to fit slightly more current styles. Wedding parties walked from home to the church and back again, receptions were held in the parlour, or garden if the weather was good. When I say wedding parties, we're talking about ten people in the church, then about 20 (because it included the neighbours) afterwards. Funerals were the big, grand affairs.

Of course a traditional East End wedding would have had its reception in the pub. Numbers the same, but still close to home. Not really possible for WWII weddings in London.

Nanny and Grandad were so proud of Mum's wedding, because they held the reception in the hall beside the parish church. It was still catered by friends and guests and Grandad supplied all the booze (through hotel/ restaurant connections) but she had a car to get her there.

As a child I honestly believed it had snowed on their wedding day (in February.) Mum was quite puzzled as to where I got this idea.
It was only when I found this photo I realised that this was the image I had in my head.

Sundae · 06-10-2013, 04:48 AM

Much as I laud the advent of digital cameras, there was something special about a photo booth.

Cutting the cake. It is very grand; made by Auntie Jess (their next door neighbour.)

She apparently made the best bread & butter pudding in the world.
Nanny couldn't cook. Even she admitted it. Except Yorkshire puddings, which is weird because they are oddly easy to get wrong. Anyway, Mum used to be in and out of their house all the time, and if bread & pudding pudding was baked, Jess would give Mum some to sneak back to Grandad.
Nanny thought it was a common (poor-person) dish. But then she couldn't cook it

(Neither can I)

06-03-2013, 10:18 PM	#77
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Nice pictures. You have a great family. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-04-2013, 01:50 PM	#78
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Scanning photos for a card for Father's Day. Bless Dads for getting the albums out. Cropped my sister out of all of the photos To be fair, the frames on the card are very small, and it is my card after all. So a couple of lickle pics. Benidorm (Spain). I didn't go abroad again til I spent time in a French school. Great Yarmouth (surprise!) Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-04-2013, 01:54 PM	#79
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	1st birthday Christmas about 2 1/2. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-04-2013, 02:03 PM	#80
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Dad looks like a serial killer in the above. I can only assume it he was caught trying to instruct Mum how to take a photo. I've done the same, but it's easier to rectify with digital. BIG jump in age here; these are Dad-and-I-specific-photos and he was almost always behind the camera. Our next door neighbour's daughter's wedding. Sounds like a loose connection but in fact we still have the same next door neighbours, and they came to all three of our weddings ("we" siblings I mean.) Confirmation Day - you've seen a pic of this event before, but this time it has Dads in it. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 06-04-2013 at 02:42 PM.

06-04-2013, 02:17 PM	#81
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Not quite a photo bomb, but I am obviously craning to get into the shot. As I hated having my photo taken, at that age, my guess is that I felt safer "making an effort" than flat out refusing. I ended up in shot, but am now pleased about that. Me at the Christmas That Never Was. I'd been dumped by The One, had picked up two others I really didn't care for, lost so much weight my friends worried about me, and had Christmas dinner in the Student Nurses' accommodation block. That was planned btw, not a bizarre medical emergency overspill. Ended up with a foodfight, and getting so stoned I thought my legs had been attached backwards. And even though I wasn't even a social smoker, apparently I cried out, "Doesn't anyone have a normal cigarette?!" Well if you don't do it when you're young... No photos of me running round in my bra stoned. This one is on Boxing Day. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-04-2013, 02:21 PM	#82
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Got some older ones of family, which might have some historical interest. Will maybe scan and post them some time before the albums are put away again. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-09-2013, 12:56 PM	#83
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Top pics: Dad's school photos. Below, him in a new suit, walking along the prom in Great Yarmouth. Aged 13-16, hard to tell because of the way fashion has changed these days. I can't imagine a teenager on holiday with his parents in an English seaside town dressed up in a suit these days. The numbers at the bottom show the photo was taken by a professional photographer. They snapped you in tourist locations, gave you a card with the number on and you went back to check the photos in the photographer's window the next day. You could buy them as they were, or enlarged, or even if a special presentation pack. This still applied when I was on holiday in Yarmouth 20+ years later, and especially at holiday camps. In fact I was caught out by a photographer at a B&B in Blackpool when I was only recently separated from my husband. Seems a world away now. But not everyone had a camera, or could afford the film/ development costs for something that might end up with someone out of frame/ focus. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 06-09-2013 at 01:04 PM.

06-09-2013, 01:08 PM	#84
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Dad with his parents in Yarmouth. Nanny Robinson met me, but died very soon after my birth so I don't remember her. Grandad Robinson didn't even live to meet my sister, let alone me. Note Dad's laptop! Oh, okay. Portable record player, probably. And yes, he was 18 and already losing his teeth. Thank goodness for the NHS. Dad being a matinee idol at Butlins. With his mouth closed. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-09-2013, 01:23 PM	#85
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Christmas circa 1960? 1961? Dad on the left of course, Edward in the middle and Charles on the right. Ted is the eldest son, but Charlie lost his hair early and life hit his body harder. He stayed at home with his Mum and lived a dissolute bachelor's life, which in those days involved late nights, heavy drinking, heavy smoking and everything fried to absolute buggery. Not dissimilar to now, except it was every single night and came on top of TB and malnutrition. He had his romances, but never married. I cared for Uncle Charlie a great deal, because he told told rambling stories and therefore had time for mine. Uncle Ted's still alive, but in a very bad way these days. Second pic is Dad bowling. He was a bit of a demon-sportsman back in the day. Rarely beat Charlie at anything though. Then again, they were almost different generations, thanks to WWII. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-09-2013, 06:38 PM	#86
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	very enjoyable, Sundae. Thank you. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-09-2013, 07:00 PM	#88
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Thank you for sharing this, Sundae. It makes me want to find my old albums with pics of my dad and relatives. Good memories. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

06-10-2013, 04:39 AM	#89
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Cheers, peeps. Another of Nanny & Grandad's wedding. In those days, weddings were family affairs. Dresses were handed down and resewn to fit slightly more current styles. Wedding parties walked from home to the church and back again, receptions were held in the parlour, or garden if the weather was good. When I say wedding parties, we're talking about ten people in the church, then about 20 (because it included the neighbours) afterwards. Funerals were the big, grand affairs. Of course a traditional East End wedding would have had its reception in the pub. Numbers the same, but still close to home. Not really possible for WWII weddings in London. Nanny and Grandad were so proud of Mum's wedding, because they held the reception in the hall beside the parish church. It was still catered by friends and guests and Grandad supplied all the booze (through hotel/ restaurant connections) but she had a car to get her there. As a child I honestly believed it had snowed on their wedding day (in February.) Mum was quite puzzled as to where I got this idea. It was only when I found this photo I realised that this was the image I had in my head. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-10-2013, 04:48 AM	#90
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Much as I laud the advent of digital cameras, there was something special about a photo booth. Cutting the cake. It is very grand; made by Auntie Jess (their next door neighbour.) She apparently made the best bread & butter pudding in the world. Nanny couldn't cook. Even she admitted it. Except Yorkshire puddings, which is weird because they are oddly easy to get wrong. Anyway, Mum used to be in and out of their house all the time, and if bread & pudding pudding was baked, Jess would give Mum some to sneak back to Grandad. Nanny thought it was a common (poor-person) dish. But then she couldn't cook it (Neither can I) Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 06-10-2013 at 05:05 AM.

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