tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2979795037449192711..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Sepia Saturday 289 : Let's Not Forget The DonkeyAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-43101427819171342242015-07-28T18:06:44.058+01:002015-07-28T18:06:44.058+01:00You didn't look too pleased to be on that donk...You didn't look too pleased to be on that donkey, but what a wonderful picture! And Happy Birthday to your mother's lovely spirit.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-70793108306029663082015-07-27T13:32:34.348+01:002015-07-27T13:32:34.348+01:00A very poetic post. I never met a donkey at the be...A very poetic post. I never met a donkey at the beach here in the USA either. My father would have been 104 on June 13 this year. I was born in 1946. We are following each other through time.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-25399961741072272842015-07-27T11:11:19.682+01:002015-07-27T11:11:19.682+01:00A lovely post full of happy memories. I vaguely re...A lovely post full of happy memories. I vaguely remember riding ponies on Blackpool Beach. I'm taken in by the swimming trunks of the day that your brother is wearing.diane bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002292118984909883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-46434657677378208682015-07-27T05:57:14.235+01:002015-07-27T05:57:14.235+01:00Indeed, let's hope Hero enjoyed the ocean bree...Indeed, let's hope Hero enjoyed the ocean breeze and the sand and water beneath his hooves. Not a perfect life, but a noble one.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-13163497744630875922015-07-26T13:00:05.878+01:002015-07-26T13:00:05.878+01:00Such a cute photo and even better that you can add...Such a cute photo and even better that you can add the names, place, dates and context.I have so many photos in albums that have none of the above.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-43864601983332355342015-07-26T03:30:02.909+01:002015-07-26T03:30:02.909+01:00Thanks for another splendid summertime read, Alan....Thanks for another splendid summertime read, Alan. By coincidence I have a good story on a musician from Bridlington which I hope to feature soon. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-5900199931817850542015-07-25T23:15:48.440+01:002015-07-25T23:15:48.440+01:00A donkey on a beach sounds so odd - and yet so muc...A donkey on a beach sounds so odd - and yet so much fun for a little one!<br />Love the photobombing over your left shoulder!violet shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12394243443725107623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-18637277812331172302015-07-25T18:56:07.087+01:002015-07-25T18:56:07.087+01:00That could so easily be my brother, mother and I o...That could so easily be my brother, mother and I on the beach at Blackpool, as we come from the same era. Your mother has a lovely air about her and reminds me so much of mine - they had the same hairstyle. And what a bonny baby you were with those fair curls!ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-91992320190832324832015-07-25T11:47:24.081+01:002015-07-25T11:47:24.081+01:00I'm betting your photo is one of a kind. I kn...I'm betting your photo is one of a kind. I know in the US, we would not likely have seen a donkey at the beach.<br /><br />Here's to Hero, and all those happy memories...Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963956577797121886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-49268335357150273742015-07-25T11:02:39.837+01:002015-07-25T11:02:39.837+01:00We never took a seaside holiday but I did have a d...We never took a seaside holiday but I did have a donkey ride down Hampstead High Street in about 1970. Do you remember Me Mammy with Milo O'Shea? The title sequence had him walking a donkey up the very same Hampstead High Street.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-20919576124532676692015-07-25T04:26:02.610+01:002015-07-25T04:26:02.610+01:00This has really made my day, as I have such wonder...This has really made my day, as I have such wonderful memories of my childhood in Bridlington before my family migrated to Australia when I was nine. A day at the beach always involved a difficult decision- whether to spend the sixpence that Mum gave each of we three children on an ice cream or a donkey ride. I remember the teams of donkeys with their names on the harnesses, how gentle they were and how we would pat them. There was a boating pool on the promenade where my Dad would sail my brother's model boat, and a children's playground with little rides and climbing equipment. My mother was very similar to yours in looks, hairstyle and dress, good Yorkshire stock. They were such happy times. Thank you so much for sharing. Kharis creative writing, poetry - Josephine Collett Dip.Teach, Cert III Community Services(Aged Care), Certs III & IV Community Services (Home and Community Care)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12055032273683332599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-82456026457151614722015-07-25T01:23:15.172+01:002015-07-25T01:23:15.172+01:00That's a lovely shot - and wonderful words. I ...That's a lovely shot - and wonderful words. I know a good joke about a seaside donkey and a zebra, but there were no such things on the beaches where I grew up. That was in the deep south, where I have to say the skies were a lot bluer than where I live now (the frozen north - love it)! PS My dad would have been 99 on Monday 27th; happy birthday, dad.Mike@Bit About Britainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741370413282813229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-55021474940217662952015-07-25T01:13:06.386+01:002015-07-25T01:13:06.386+01:00I've never seen a donkey at the beach. How int...I've never seen a donkey at the beach. How interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-31992968661297307212015-07-24T21:29:52.880+01:002015-07-24T21:29:52.880+01:00She looks like my mother, too, good English stock ...She looks like my mother, too, good English stock she was. Well half of her. Roger's swimming trunks were knit by someone, too.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-79484096421657422362015-07-24T21:01:34.569+01:002015-07-24T21:01:34.569+01:00I too rode a donkey on the beach at Margate at abo...I too rode a donkey on the beach at Margate at about the same age, but they don't have them there any more. I don't think they ever had beach donkeys in Australia. Is that disembodied girl looking over your shoulder connected, or just a passer-by, who these days might be termed a photo - bomber?Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.com