Author Archives: Jo Graham

About Jo Graham

Scottish genealogist - this blog is for my own family history and photos

I acquire a treadle cabinet and my crutch is troublesome

Posted on 01/07/2015 by Jo Graham

It’s been 3 weeks since I last updated you on what’s been happening since the start of the Silly Girl’s Project to recreate Douglas and Elsie’s road trip to Monte Carlo in 1955 (link to Part One)  – so here … Continue reading →

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Two old singers from Clydebank, a wild rover (no, nay, never…) and excitement over a globe

Posted on 08/06/2015 by Jo Graham

You may remember that my meandering brain conjured up a Silly Girl’s Project which is becoming more complex as time goes by. Follow the link for Part One – the beginning of the spiral. I’m not sure whether it’s an upward … Continue reading →

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Several steps forwards and a few less steps backwards

Posted on 25/05/2015 by Jo Graham

You’ll be pleased to hear that the planning of the planning of the Silly Girl’s Project to recreate my grandparents’ 1955 road trip to Monte Carlo is coming along nicely.  (Part one is here)  I’ll just say that the whole … Continue reading →

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100th Anniversary of the Sinking of The Lusitania

Posted on 07/05/2015 by Jo Graham

A less than jolly post today.  As some of you will know, The Lusitania, a Cunard ship first launched on 7 June 1906, was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland and sunk a hundred years ago today. One of my … Continue reading →

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One step forwards and more than one step backwards

Posted on 06/05/2015 by Jo Graham

I thought I’d give you (both) an update on the progress of the Silly Girl’s Project (also known as the Big Road Trip from Dunfermline to Monte Carlo).  Part one is here.  Look – my grandparents did it in 1955 … Continue reading →

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Up a tree K.I.S.S.I.N.G.

Posted on 20/04/2015 by Jo Graham

I have resurrected my poor abandoned Images Past blog after a couple of years of neglect. At the moment, it features old family photos – many from the 1920’s albums that landed in my possession.  I usually post a photo … Continue reading →

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Hard hats must be worn

Posted on 17/04/2015 by Jo Graham

This week’s Sepia Saturday inspirational photo shows linesmen maintaining electrical cables in Tasmania around 1969. As soon as I saw the prompt I knew that, by some bizarre coincidence, I had the perfect photo in Douglas and Elsie’s album from … Continue reading →

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Dog cart. What on earth does this have to do with Grace Kelly?

Posted on 04/04/2015 by Jo Graham

Sepia Saturday – where we are inspired to use old photographs for new reflections. I found this photo while hatching a cunning (up till now secret) plan for an adventure for Mr ImagesPast and me. It’s wheeled transport of a … Continue reading →

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My Life with Machinery

Posted on 29/03/2015 by Jo Graham

I’m bouncing back at Sepia Saturday’s inspirational photo, if I can remember how to put a blog post together – the transport theme continues but this photo reminded me of my very VERY first blog from 18 August 2010… My … Continue reading →

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Sepia Saturday 161 – how bazaar!

Posted on 26/01/2013 by Jo Graham

This weeks Sepia Saturday post is inspired by a photo of a shop with its exterior festooned with all sorts of produce.   I don’t have any old pics of shops or markets, however I can share the following with … Continue reading →

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