A Brown Case Of Memories
Last week was the most difficult in my life with the sad passing of my mother.
As I have dealt with the things that need to be arranged I found myself needing an image of my mum that I knew we had from her wedding day from 1949.
I finally found the image I was seeking in a small and very old brown case which also contained a treasure chest of images dating back to 1917.
I decided while I had time I’d copy the aging prints most of which where in amazing condition despite their age. The images ranged from the usual family snaps of Mum,Dad,Grandad,Grandma and various other siblings to some more unusual from my dads naval days.
My Dad served on the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable during WW2 in the Mediterranean and the Pacific and spent time on R&R in Sydney.
One in particular shown here is my Dad in his uniform with a blonde lady which we believe was a girl he met and got engaged to while in Sydney.
He returned to England with intentions of returning to marry her but then met my mum.
On top of this we also discovered letters he wrote home to his mother and newspaper clippings of him which really adds to the whole story of that time in his life.
This got me thinking firstly how lucky we (myself, brother & sister) are to have this family archive of images and letters. Secondly just how important image captions are as only a few of the prints had any kind of dates or descriptions scribbled on the rear of them.
It’s a shame that the majority of children growing up will never have a dusty box or case full of prints in Grandma & Grandads loft to open up and explore as most people these days simply do not produce prints but share their images just digitally.
Maybe we all should have a box and place prints into it periodically for our children & grandchildren to enjoy when we are no longer around .
Beautiful Simon. Your Mom would be so proud of you doing this. Treasured lovely memories. Both your parents want you now to live the life for them making more lovely treasured memories for yur children & grand children. I really thank god for having the heartfelt pleasure of knowing both yur amazing parents. You are so lucky to have lots of beautiful wonderful memories to cherish. Your mom & dad are back together and Charlie & me blow lots of kisses upto heaven. Sadly missed R.I.P Joan, I will miss our chats about the good old days, until we meet again please god one day 🙂 xxxx
Absolutely, me and Michelle will do this for Betsy! Great pics x
I’m preparing some files for you & everyone of all the pics we have in the case so you can keep and print.Some go back to 1917 so be nice for Betsy to see her Great Great Grandparents.Some images might be her Great Great Great Grandparents but not 100% sure.
Simon this is so beautiful. Love my family. X
What a beautiful tribute to your Mum.
A touching tribute.
Thank you for sharing
That’s lovely Si. I know how much she was treasured and I are lucky to have all of those pictures. Hate to admit it but you are a credit to her. Thinking of you all… Xxx
Thanks Cath x
Mom would be so proud of you bro putting this together such a nice touch xxx
This is nothing compared to your sons poem he’s written it’s had us all in tears very beautiful and heartfelt.
Sorry to hear your sad news Simon, but what a lovely tribute, and wonderful pictures.