I'm posting at Sepia Saturday today. This week's challenge:
228 : sand, sandbags, sailor-suits, beachcombing, pilfering!
SCORED!! My sister and I (on the left with my head down) in sailor dresses with our second cousin Derek Brennan in Dublin Ireland in 1958 when we went back to live to visit.
Here's a shot of Derek's Dad Alec on the left visiting Montreal in the early 80s. And his namesake in the middle.
My mother and her two sisters (we were living in Baie Comeau and my aunts were in Montreal) got homesick for their Mom (Nanny was living in London England). So everyone packed up and the men stayed behind to finish up the details.
Off we went, my Mom, my sister, aunts and one baby cousin boy. First to London to see my grandparents. Didn't they then decide that coming back wasn't such a great idea. Needless to say my Dad and uncles were less than pleased. We stayed a few months and went over to Dublin to visit family.
Cute dresses. What color were they? Your head may have been down to show off that huge bow?
ReplyDeleteGood shot!
ReplyDeleteMatching dresses! I used to hate it when mum dresses my siblings and I in matching jumpers or shirts - but then they were boys!!
ReplyDeleteIs that barbed wire in front of you there, and if so, do you know what the significance of it was?
ReplyDeleteNo, that is some folds in the photo but it sure looks like barbed wire!
DeleteAnd very posh sailor girls they are!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how Derek felt about having to sit with two little girls to have his photo taken ? Aw, Mum !!
ReplyDeleteWere they forced to hold hands, I wonder.
ReplyDeleteWow. Your life/lives would have been entirely different if they'd decided to move back.
ReplyDeleteAw so cute. I like how the older cousin is keeping you girls close by, at least for the photo anyway. But that was some trip!!
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