of the kids in England and then a few in Costa Rica. As much as anything, I wanted to preserve these photos by scanning, saving and uploading them.
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Archive for April, 2008
A lot of early photos…
Posted in My family, tagged More on 30 04 08 | Leave a Comment »
Bermondsey Street
Posted in Bermondsey on 28 04 08 | 4 Comments »
This is St. Mary Magdalen Church, where Mum and Dad were married in October 1942. It stands at the southern end of Bermondsey St., near the junction with Long Lane. It is the oldest building in Bermondsey (or at least parts of it are).
The church is quite interesting architecturally, as parts date from 1290 [...]
Alea iacta est
Posted in Spain, Stogs on 24 04 08 | 2 Comments »
That is what Julius Caesar is supposed to have said when he crossed the Rubicon (a pivotal moment in the history of western civilization). If I had known the phrase, I might well have uttered it myself the first day I walked through the gates of St. Olaves. But I was only about to start [...]
The wheels of life
Posted in Odds and Ends on 24 04 08 | 2 Comments »
A friend sent me this today. No idea who came up with it but it really tickled me.
I don’t have many more wheels to go…
Three generations
Posted in My family on 24 04 08 | Leave a Comment »
This is a photo of me holding eldest daughter Abi (1973)
And this is my daughter Natalie holding Abi’s daughter Laura (1996)
Pie, mash and liquor
Posted in Bermondsey on 24 04 08 | 7 Comments »
One of the newspapers I like to read on the Web is The Guardian. Today I came across a blog entry about pie and mash. I’ve mentioned this subject before but I was always intending to write a more detailed entry and this looks like the right moment. I found the following historical information [...]
Emma, Ethel and Daisy Morris
Posted in Tom and Ethel (Tom Bladon and Ethel Lockyer Morris) on 22 04 08 | Leave a Comment »
These are some nice pics of my great-grandmother Emma, grandmother Ethel and great-aunt Daisy.
Not sure of the year. The dress should give some idea. Around 1890, perhaps?
Ethel as a toddler. 1894, perhaps?
Ethel as a young woman. Love the hat.
Ethel’s sister Daisy, who died in childbirth in 1920.
Some early photos
Posted in My journey on 19 04 08 | Leave a Comment »
The first photo was taken at the door to the Council flat (see here) where I was born. The block of flats is in Long Lane. The only photo I could find on the Internet was this one (see here) but it is a rear view. There are quite a few blocks close together [...]
On the beach
Posted in Bermondsey on 18 04 08 | 2 Comments »
I really love this picture. This is how the river was during my childhood. I was born perhaps one mile to the south of the bridge (to the right of the bridge in the photo). It’s hard to believe now that children bathed in the river, as it was still quite dirty. A boy at [...]
Surprised by joy
Posted in My family on 11 04 08 | 2 Comments »
“Surprised by joy” is the title of a poem by Wordsworth and also of a book by C.S. Lewis. I use the phrase in a different context from them.
The young lady in the photos is my wife Xinia (pronounced sin-ee-a), the person who, in her usual direct way, sliced through the Gordian knot (see here) [...]
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