Ethel, in kindergarden or Sunday school?

I thought I’d better do something with these photos before they deteriorate any further. I need to find out where they were taken. Ethel is so small that it must have been a Sunday school or a kindergarden. The latter would suggest her mother continued to work after she was born. Another point that stands [...]

For king and country

I found the following post related to Tom’s battalion on The Great War Forum
“The 2/22nd Battalion the London Regiment did not publish an official battalion war history, however it was recorded that the battalion was an aggressive fighting battalion serving with distinction with the 181 brigade the 60th London Division. When the battalion’s Colonel was [...]

Tom’s military service

I found quite a bit of information on the Internet related to Tom’s military service in the Great War.
Tom was a member of the 2nd battalion of the 22nd London Regiment (2/22). The regiment was known as the “Queens” because it had links with the Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Recruited in Bermondsey, the second [...]

Uncle Tom

One of the most powerful memories I have from my childhood concerns my Uncle Tom. He was Mum’s only sibling, older than her by two years (Mum was a twin but I understand Nan lost the other baby during the pregnancy). Mum adored her big brother from a very young age.
Of the photos I have [...]

A Life on the Ocean Wave

I have always loved boats but never had the opportunity to learn how to sail. I received some photos from a friend who has just sailed a small boat across the Atlantic. He has done it a number of times before but I am totally in awe. When modern life is all about not taking [...]

Battersea Power Station

Last night I watched a documentary about the schoolkids who sang on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” and what has happened to them over the last 25 years. It was interesting and quite touching. Then I watched David Gilmour’s concert at the Royal Festival Hall last year. It was really great (hope my neighbors agreed). That [...]

The Summer Solstice

You can see some photos of the kind of antics that people will be getting up to at Stonehenge this weekend here.

More early photos

I’ve been extremely busy, so no time to post. I scanned more photos. Most are of me; my apologies to the world at large.

Most people don’t know that UK citizens don’t carry ID cards or cédulas. It is an issue that has become a source of endless debate. During the War, ID cards were issued [...]

Chinatown – “a state of mind”

On Saturday, I organized a showing of Chinatown, the Roman Polanski movie from 1974. I’m trying to get people interested in forming a local film club as there is precious little worth going to see at the movies here.
Film Noir has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember, since I [...]

How the West Was Lost

How The West Was Lost
BBC4 – 14 June 2008
“Comedian Rich Hall presents an insight into America’s fascination with the Wild West, tying it all in with US policy and the state of that nation, featuring footage from films including The Searchers, Little Big Man and Unforgiven. Filmed in Arizona, Montana and Wyoming, Rich explores the [...]