• Monsieur Père

    A page of photos of "Monsieur Père", our Grandpa:

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    His wedding with Ethel (1933 at Brentford)

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    Perhaps 1938: only 3 sisters. He clearly loved being a dad

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    Acting out the perfect father (with Cath) 1946

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    1950 with all his women!

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    Mary's Wedding 1957

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    With Nana and Mary (and Nick, probably): 1958

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    Date?

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    1958 Cath's wedding

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    Feeding Tini (1959)

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    1959 the four generations

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    1962 two pics with Tini

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    Early sixties?

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     At the organ (date?)

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    Two 1966 snapshots

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    Family Reunion

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    1969: with Chris?

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    1970 with Cath

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    Fuzzy photos from 1971 which I had taken with a rotten prize camera I had won from buying sweets!

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    With Carol and Janet 1972

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    1973, the year he died

    If you have other photos, send them, I'll post them. thanks!

    I'm adding here a drawing by my Dad, based on a photo I don't have, and which he drew some time ago now. It can be seen in my mum's study in Bonnebosq:

    Monsieur Père

    Some extra info can be found here (anecdotes) and here (his singing and fooling); here you'll find a reference to his education, here, to his work, and here to some personal belongings. There are also the three posts on his trip to Israel, starting here.

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