28/12/2011 – My Dad's Photos

1972 miscellany

28/12/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

A few bits and pieces, again from 1972. Abington Street in Northampton At my mother's parents house, with her father. Me sat in a recess in a tree at Delapre Abbey. Somehow I don't think I'd fit into it now. Me crashed out on the sofa! ...

Normandy 1972

28/12/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

My parents' holiday in Normandy in 1972. Not entirely sure where each of these is from. The covered market is from a film labelled "Chartres", but a quick bit of googling suggests it could be Lyons-la-Forêt. I think that the bearded monk is standing on the steps of Chartres cathedral. The ruins are probably Jumieges Abbey. And finally one of the Hovercraft coming into Calais....

Playgroup (again)

28/12/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

Some more from Playgroup in 1972 - a garden fete. Great fashions - I'm so glad I'm too young to remember the horrors of the early 1970s! The first shot includes my mother's parents - we haven't got that many photos of them, let alone both of them together. ...

London

28/12/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

A couple from one of the big things in London in 1972 - the Tutankhamun exhibition. I was too young and got left behind with the grandparents, while The Brother fell asleep in the queue. And a separate trip in '72, down to stay with my father's sister in West Dulwich. This is me on the train And this is in their garden - we spent many hours on that swing! ...

King’s Road 1972

28/12/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

1972's photos from the Kings' Road. Fashions a little different to the 60s... ...

Eating

28/12/201112/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

A little trio of pics of me and The Brother eating, all from 1972 - him with the candy floss and me wearing the spaghetti and soup. If I recall correctly, it was a Magic Roundabout bowl. ...