1965 – My Dad's Photos

Yorkshire

26/12/201012/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

A couple of colour shots of Yorkshire from summer 1965. Lower Falls, Asygarth The Shambles, York Rievaulx Abbey - this is actually from 1971, as the chronological order of the slides leave something to be desired at times....

CAUTION: Scientists at play

26/12/201012/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

February 1965. Good to see that the brainiacs at Plessey enjoyed a snowball fight as much as anyone else....

Not what I thought

26/12/201012/04/2020 By shendyNo Comments

I saw this one and thought it must have been from a Halloween party, and that Mother just needed the broomstick before heading out for the night. Unfortunately it turns out that it's Hospital Ball from early 1965 - she worked there before The Brother arrived. On the subject of Halloween, SWMBO a) Persuaded her grandfather to make a proper broomstick for Mother. and b) rang Mother on the 31st October hoping to catch her before she went out for the night. Amazingly, Mother still talks to her!...

Random portraits

26/12/201012/04/2020 By shendy1 Comment

Some random portraits of my parents (presumably taken by each other) from early 1965...

Aw, ikkums…

18/09/201012/04/2020 By shendy2 Comments

I suspect that the reason for the major holiday in 1964 is explained in these photos - offspring #1, born in November 1965 This is the very first photo of him. Four generations I love this one - considering he's only a few weeks old, it's a fabulous expression. "Yes?" There is a card you can get that says "Life would be so much better if only Mother would stop knitting"... And just to prove that I'm not just picking out the less flattering ones... Now, dear brother, how much is it worth not to send a link to this post to your colleagues? I'm sure he never looks at this blog, so he'll never see these ;-) When we get to my arrival, at least I get to choose all flattering shots!...