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| John McNeill with his mother(?), c1900 |
Saturday 13 September 2014
Birth of a blog
Well that was pretty painless for a birth. I thought you might like to see one of the oldest photos in our family. This was taken around 1900 and shows my grandfather as a fine upstanding young man and a lady who we presume to be his mother (Note: she's the one sitting down with a face like a fur hatchet, as they say round these parts). Locals will know where this was taken - its now a World Heritage Site (and costs a small fortune to visit). Bet they didn't think that folk from all over would be looking at them over a hundred years later? Good job they were wearing their Sunday best. Nicely toned, too - although that might be more to do with age than by design. Still, hasn't it lasted well?
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A bit late, but congratulations on the birth of your blog. :) That's a fine photo.
ReplyDeleteAh thank you kind sir - better late than never :)
DeleteI like this photograph a lot…just the family connection (and the location). I never knew my grandfather (pictured here) but he did very well in life, running a butchers shop.