Category Archives: Great Granny’s album

Sepia Saturday 145 – beach treasure

Posted on 29/09/2012 by

Well, it’s Saturday night and time for a Sepia Saturday post before I miss the boat. This week’s inspirational photo is of young boys with football boots.  I thought that I had a photo of Army personnel playing footie in … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 133 – baby elephants?

Posted on 07/07/2012 by

Today’s inspiration for Sepia Saturday is a photo of a baby elephant at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, taken by Sam Hood (1872-1953) and comes from The State Library of New South Wales via flickr. It was taken about 1930. For some strange … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 126

Posted on 19/05/2012 by

Alan and Kat have provided the inspiration this week by posting a group photo of a wedding on the Sepia Saturday blog, so I had a rummage in my archives and came up with another photo of Granny from Great … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 116 – Facial Hair – no, not mine

Posted on 10/03/2012 by

The theme for this week’s Sepia Saturday post is Facial Hair.  I’m not a big fan of the old Face Fungus – a bit of designer stubble is OK, but a man sporting the full “burst mattress” look  is likely … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 115 – Fun and Games

Posted on 03/03/2012 by

This weeks Sepia Saturday inspiration comes from a 1904 photo of Korean women playing a board game.  I’ve raided Great Granny’s albums again, and while there are no photos of board games, Granny got up to various other activities with … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday – Granny and a dog, again, again, again

Posted on 04/02/2012 by

This week’s Sepia Saturday theme is on the subject of dogs.  Us Brits are notoriously sentimental about our pets, and I remember my Grandad having a Border Terrier (called Doug) who hated children, because he wasn’t used to having them … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday – more from Great Granny’s album

Posted on 21/01/2012 by

For Sepia Saturday this week, I scanned another photo from Great Granny’s album.  At first glance, compared to the other images of silly antics and general high jinks, this photo didn’t seem to have much going for it, however on … Continue reading →

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A skeleton and knee-grappling (again) – Sepia Saturday 108

Posted on 14/01/2012 by

Alan found an interesting photo of a levitating hat for this week’s Sepia Saturday and, as Granny always seemed to be wearing a hat in the 1920′s, I had a look in Great Granny’s album to see if I could … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 107 – a kleptomanic pet

Posted on 07/01/2012 by

My tree-climbing Granny is holding her Border Terrier and I’m sure he didn’t steal much – hopefully not, as I once had the misfortune to share a holiday cottage in North Yorkshire with a collie who had stolen and scoffed … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 102 – fish

Posted on 26/11/2011 by

In keeping with Alan’s great Sepia Saturday photo of a shop selling, amongst other things, fresh fish, I think the nearest I can get to being on theme this week is this photo from Great Granny’s Album of my great … Continue reading →

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