Letters Home, WWII; Letter 4, 8 Jan ’44.
A bit of background This emotional journey will revisit the stories of my Uncle Joe once again. I hope you will enjoy them, and think of your family as you […]
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The Song You Snogged Your Hand To… (“Life’s a Journey” series, Week 7).
Last week we celebrated some of your first memories of Movies. This week we are turning our attentions to music. Specifically, the music of your youth which moved you. We are talking […]
Letters Home, WWII; Letter 3, 5th January 1944.
A bit of background I have been working up to writing this long series of transcribed letters for some time. It is to be an emotional journey, revisiting these stories […]
Life’s a Journey. Week 6: First Movie Memories
Welcome back to the “Life’s a Journey” series, where we revisit some of life’s little moments worth remembering. Last week we romped through your Teenage Crushes. Ouch. Embarrassing…… This week […]
Fashion Fail
Dear Reader, I’ll keep it mercifully short. I was young. I made three classic errors on these fronts:- 1. Hair. 2. Mirror. 3. Boyfriend in underpants. Nuff said. 1990 must […]
Letters Home, WWII; Letter 2, 31 Dec 1943.
A bit of background I have been working up to writing this long series of transcribed letters for some time. It is to be an emotional journey, revisiting these stories […]
Life’s a Journey. Week 5: Teenage Crushes
Look, if I’m going to be totally honest with you about this, then there were more than three. But in case anyone I actually knew in 1978 is tuning in […]
Letters Home, WWII; Letter 1, 29 Dec 1943.
I have been working up to writing this long series of transcribed letters for some time. It is to be an emotional journey, revisiting these stories once again. I hope […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 4: Bestest Friends
Last week in the series, we discussed your earliest school work. Less ‘things’, more ‘people’ from our lives this week….. I have met an awful lot of people in my […]
The Heirloom
I’m not entirely sure how I came to have this in my possession. I do remember that, some time after Mum passed away, my Dad finally found the strength to […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 3 – Earliest writings, by Helen
Last week in the series we looked at your old school portraits. I apologise for saying this, but quite frankly some were just nasty! This week we are taking a […]
Motivation Monday – Declaring War on The War
My photography resolution for the next few weeks does not involve the camera. It’s a War on scanning. Me versus the black machine and a large pile of precious letters […]
The hand-me-down kid
This photo was taken in 2009 when Georgie was 9 years old. The coat was beginning to become one of those things which only Losers wear. Not cool. Makes me […]
Baby Shoes, revisited 12 years on
I just found these in a box, alongside a picture of the little man in question wearing them. These were George’s first ever shoes. I saved them. I am indeed […]
A tatty old box full of memories
Yesterday I began the traditional New Year clear-out. You know, the one where you use stealth to remove the toys and games which graced previous Christmas stockings but are no […]
