Category Archives: Photos

RMS Titanic: and the young Scottish violinist played on…

Posted on 12/04/2012 by

As you will no doubt know, it’s the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on Sunday 15th April.  1514 people lost their lives and 710 were rescued.  I was appalled to read that the lifeboats could only have … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday – Library

Posted on 06/04/2012 by

The inspiration for this week’s Sepia Saturday post is “Library”.  I’m not a big borrower of books for casual reading,  but I AM a huge fan of reference libraries – the ones where you can go and look up all … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 119 – Work

Posted on 31/03/2012 by

This week’s Sepia Saturday theme is Work.  Whatever interpretation of work you wish to write about.  Here’s mine… I previously posted some photos of Douglas and Elsie glammed-up (I still haven’t got over the black lace Madonna-style evening gloves) for various … Continue reading →

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Seeking relatives of a Canadian pilot killed in WWII crash – Part 2

Posted on 31/03/2012 by

As per my last post, I’m still appealing for help in tracing living relatives of Flt Lt Donald Banbury Douglas, a young Canadian airman who died in a plane crash while on a test flight in Banffshire, Scotland in 1945. … Continue reading →

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Canadian pilot killed in WWII crash – appeal for genealogy help please

Posted on 25/03/2012 by

Some of you will remember that I posted this time last year about Granny’s younger  brother, James, who was in the RAF and went missing during WWII.  Last week I was reading the Scottish Military Research Group’s blog post about … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 118 – Going Out – no bagpipes please!

Posted on 23/03/2012 by

This week’s theme for Sepia Saturday is “going out”, as suggested by Liz Stratton of Attics and Old Lace.  I could have posted many photos of the family on outings to the playground, picnics, or fishing trips, but I chose a … 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 – 1955 road trip from Scotland to Europe and back

Posted on 25/02/2012 by

This week’s Sepia Saturday theme is on the subject of shoes, however all my family photos seem to show folks in Utilitarian Footwear (not very attractive or interesting) so I’m not sticking with the theme this week (although I would … Continue reading →

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#Sepia Saturday 112 : Saturday 11 February 2012

Posted on 11/02/2012 by

This week’s idea for Sepia Saturday, inspired by Linda, the Paper Collector, is a photo of a  man with an impressive ‘tache reading a book – in fact, he looks like he’s been interrupted and is possibly slightly grumpy. The only … 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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