Unthought of, though, somehow

It strikes me that I haven't posted any old family photos in this series for a while. To compensate, here's a real favourite of mine...

Here's a photo taken on June 18th 1955 - 66 years ago today. Mum and Dad, newly wed, being greeted with a storm of confetti outside St A...

The first gift my Mum ever gave me was in April 1960 - it was of course the gift of life. Exactly 50 years later, her last gift to me was...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far.  In 2010 I hit 50. It was a year that began with an unexpected work rel...

55 songs in 55 days - one for every year of my life...so far. When Dad's car failed its MOT at the end of 2006, the garage told h...

It's Christmas Day 1961, my second festive season, but the first at which I'm old enough to sit up and take notice. I'm clea...

I took a sabbatical from work in 2010 and was able to spend a great deal of time with Mum during the final months of her life. When she ...

My Great-Aunt Maud was quite unwell and confined to her bed, so to keep her company, and her mind occupied, Mum and I sat with her and...

Here's Mum, aged 15, enthusiastically feeding pigeons near Trafalgar Square. The year was 1948 and the horrors of war were a fadin...

Me: Mum, can I ride my bike in the garden? Mum: What, in this weather? It's the winter of 1963 you know, this snow won't cle...

As the shutter clicked, capturing a happy couple in the East End of London exchanging their wedding vows, 225 miles to the North West a youn...

23/12/32 - 12/12/10