Family photos

[smallhobbit]

I've been sorting through some of my mother's possessions, prior to the sale of her property, and came across some interesting family photos.  But before I share those, here are a couple of other things I found.

Firstly, a writing desk - when you first look at it, it's just a wooden box, but inside:



I'm assuming it was my grandfather's.  And then a little group of treasures: a box of cherry sticks pre-decimalisation; a set of the first decimalisation coins, which I shall pass to my granddaughter, and an old spirit level which will go to my son, who collects old tools.



And so to the photos, the first two are, I assume, my maternal grandmother's mother:



Then there are pictures of my mother and her two sisters (both older) taken in the 1930s:



My mother and her sister taken in 1944, and their oldest sister and mother from about 1950:



And my grandparents, again in the early 1950s with WT (White Trousers) the cat, and Danny, the corgi:



There's my father when he was in the Navy in WWII, and a keen cricketer:



Then we come to the wedding photos, firstly my father's brother, Jim in 1945:



Then my parents' wedding in 1954:



With their parents:



And siblings, including Jim's two children:



And the full group photo:



And lastly, a photo taken when my aunt got married in New Zealand in 1962, the family in England took this photo (I'm standing with my grandmother):



However, this is my favourite photo:

Comments

[smallhobbit]

My mother's side of the family was small, most of the relatives were my father's side - my dad's parents both coming from large families, so I'm not sure my mother would be able to help much now.

[badly_knitted]

I knew all of mum's side of the family, but not all of dad's - his mum got around a bit. I knew one of dad's sisters and her husband, I was very close with them, and I met his half-brother when I was eighteen but lost touch again later, but there was another sister or half-sister I never met or even spoke to. My sister met her, but never bothered to put her in touch with me. She's like that *shrugs*

Mum had the bigger family, but they're all gone on both sides now, except for a few cousins and their children.