Family Tree Frog

12 Marchmont Road Edinburgh  20th February 1921 My Dear Colin, It is now some weeks since I wrote you but as I have been troubled lately with an abscess I left it to Mamma, A & J. You know I suffered a good deal in Queensland with toothache well on my way home my left jaw was swollen a good bit so a few weeks after my arrival here I got my tooth taken out and the swelling went down a good deal but 5 weeks ago I must have got cold in it as it swelled up again so I went to a dentist to see if he could do any thing for me but he said it was beyond him and advised me to go to the Infirmary.  So I went and they put a needle or some such instrument into the swelling from the inside after having given me gas. A few days after that it certainly went down a bit but as the wound had head up it simply began to swell up again. So in I went again and this time they cut it from the outside; that is a fortnight ago yesterday and it is still not healed up. Of course they k...

Little Nell says:  This wonderful image flags up all sorts of possibilities if you like to try and match one of its themes. For me, anyone sitting absorbed in the craft of needlework in a domestic setting conjures up a picture of contentment in executing a piece of work which will be used, admired and talked about. There are, of course, other settings where the person, often a child, wielding the needle, is not so content, but I'm sure you don't need me to spell those out for you. For the present let's enjoy this particular autochrome plate from around 1910 and pore over the rich details: the folds of the flag; the woman's lace blouse; the chintzy chair; the sidetable with sewing basket; the bookcase; the chandelier; the picture of three saints. So many choices for you to consider when selecting your own image to feature in this week's Sepia Saturday. Joy Jeffery (nee Wingfield) and Belle Wingfield (nee Forfar) c1944 I am really struggling to fin...

Ted Conner c 1945 This is my contribution for Day Ten of the February Photo Collage Festival. There is nothing on the back of this photo but I'm guessing it was taken sometime around 1945-1947.  And I have no idea where it was taken - somewhere in Australia though.  I'm thinking Bankstown airport or maybe in Queensland at the end of the war. It is of my uncle, Edwin Oswald Conner - my father's older brother. I never knew him.  He died in October 1947 at the age of just 21. He was named after his father - Edwin Conner - and I suppose his uncle - my grandmother's younger brother Oswald Carrett or Ossie.   I blogged about Ted's life on my old blog here .  You can read his service record here I particularly like the reference from his old school principal at North Newtown Intermediate High who described him as : "a lad of fine type, of good moral character, of good address and of pleasing personality.  He is well balanced and sensible, ...