We had a trip to our native Suffolk earlier this year and I took the opportunity to photograph the cottage where my maternal grandparents lived in Claydon and where my sister and I spent many happy times.
The house is the one with the blue door, and was 2 up, 2 down, outside privy, dear little cottage-garden with lily of the valley, irises, small red daisies, double heady-scented lilac trees in purple and in white...Maybe that's the origin of my love of photographing flowers.
The photos of my grandparents are a studio portrait of them, perhaps on their marriage, and a shot taken by my father at Christmas 1959, which is how I always knew them of course.
Our grandad used to take us for walks in the countryside where we gathered, without a care, bunches of snowdrops, primroses or whatever was in season. Nana seemed to be always cooking, bread, cakes....
Thanks to Google photos for offering to make me a little collage!
Nice collage Haze, granddad smoking a pipe , smoking seemed to be mandatory back in the day ! I remember my Mum, Dad, Mums parents, Dad's Uncle and Aunty all being heavy smokers (I told my mum I didn't like going to the houses as it wasn't nice with all the smoke ... that fell on deaf ears ). Anyway back to the subject thanks for sharing this slice of family life. BTW my Dad's parents never smoked
Smoking, especially with a pipe did, indeed seem to be the thing then, Phil. I remember my paternal grandfather also smoking. My dad did just for a while after he came back from his stint as a PoW; they were used to smoking in the camps, cigarettes were sent in parcels to the inmates and I understand that a smoke allayed hunger.
November 8th, 2022
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Smoking, especially with a pipe did, indeed seem to be the thing then, Phil. I remember my paternal grandfather also smoking. My dad did just for a while after he came back from his stint as a PoW; they were used to smoking in the camps, cigarettes were sent in parcels to the inmates and I understand that a smoke allayed hunger.