Sepia Saturday 223;12 April 2014

Alan from Sepia Saturday says:


Why have one photograph when you can have a group of four? You are, of course, free to interpret this week's prompt photograph in whichever way you want, but one possible approach would be a grouping of four old photographs. There are other potential interpretations within this 1919 group of Smithton, Tasmania - indeed there are probably four times as many possible themes as normal. The original image comes from the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office collection on Flickr Commons. Whatever your interpretation, just post your post on or around Saturday 12 April 2014 

What to do?  Be completely egocentric...yes, that's entertaining.....well, I hope so....

Me in Edinburgh.......we were living in rented accommodation at the time.  No personal effects really.  Just the clothes we stood up in, as it were...I'm wearing jodhpurs (my Mother had a thing for jodhpurs) and little riding boots.  We were nowhere near horses I might add.  But sturdy attire for an energetic toddler I imagine. Isn't the spelling of jodhpurs interesting?  Where does it come from I wonder....

Edinburgh c. 1963

And about five years later at 3 Nungara Street, Canberra.

Obviously I am an only child with a doting parent or two who had the time and the leisure to take the photos.

Please note the white lace stockings....they were de rigeur in the 60s.  My mother would have made that dress out of viyella.  Do you remember viyella?  I think it is smocked too.  She was a great seamstress.  And the cat is one of three we had at the time...good old Yum Yum.  I do like a good black cat.

We were living in our own house by then.  My father designed it.  I had my own bedroom with built-in desk and bookcase - completely spoiled and very lucky.  Gran gave us her old lounge for the living room which we made do with for a few years.  But I still had to do the washing up and let the cat out.  So not completely spoiled....

So that's my contribution.  Self-centred I know but it was the best of a bad bunch.  

For more takes on the group or gang of four head over here....