Our Sepia Saturday theme image this week features a goat under the watchful eye of a chap with a funny hat. The connection with my featured image - a photograph of my brother and I on a beach under the watchful eye of Auntie Annie who seems to have some kind of turban on her head - is so obvious it needs no further explanation.
The location is, I believe, Bridlington - those buildings in the background have the look of Marine Drive on North Beach. The date will be the summer of 1950 when I was two years old. My mother will be somewhere around and my father was the one probably taking the photograph. There are sixty-seven years between that young child in the photograph and the oldish man posting it today. That is a lifetime.
That is one handsome regimental goat. Not you!
ReplyDeleteAunty Annie is a bit indistinct - maybe her hair is just blowing in the summer breeze, but you were a cute toddler, way back then.
ReplyDeleteAs they say, leave only footprints behind, Alan. And digitized photos too, since they don't harm the environment.
ReplyDeleteThe "turban" is a headscarf tied at the front, as worn by mill girls in those days. Auntie Annie's happiest days were when she worked in the mill - at the time of this photograph.
ReplyDeletea lifetime and ,also,the twinkle of a child's eye......
ReplyDeleteThat's a great shot of the lovely little boy with the curl in the middle of his forehead. I'm guessing the smile and joy have not left you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a kid.
ReplyDeleteGreat heads of hair seem to run in your family!
ReplyDeleteI sort of copied your post by sharing my 1950's photo of me. It looks like someone was keeping an eye on you for sure.
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