9 Derwent as it was then

Grandma's love

Or rather, signs of it. How can one sum up Grandma's love in one post? So anyway, here's one of her rather later letters, dated 1984, one year...

 September 18 2013
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School work

I have started writing about my school experience in England, I haven't quite finished, but as a starter, I have a few school things which, upon...

 September 18 2013
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Monsieur Père anecdotes

I have already mentioned a few anecdotes concerning Grandma; here are additional ones with Grandpa whom we used to call Monsieur Père, you probably...

 September 17 2013
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Bless this house

Here are the two versions of mum's dedicatory prayer on her house at 9 Derwent, which she presented to Monsieur Père while still in England in...

 September 14 2013
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Plan of the house

Hello, I have tried to draw the plan of 9DR from memory: there are probably some wrong dimensions and missing elements: don't hesitate to comment...

 September 4 2013
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New old pictures of the family

Hello, I have recently recieved a number of old photos of the family, as yet unknown to me, and so here they are, in (a hopeful) chronological...

 August 30 2013
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Grandma anecdotes

When I think of Auntie, it’s funny how certain little anecdotes come back: for example I was travelling on the tube with her once, I was perhaps...

 August 28 2013
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Christmas pictures of 1962, perhaps

Hello, when Cath and Charles were here yesterday, I asked mum about those strange photos, as yet not posted: I didn't know why some of them were...

 August 23 2013
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Broomfield Park 1

I'm hoping, with this post, to begin a series on Broomfield Park, series which would hopefully be chronological, and correspond more or less...

 August 23 2013
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That wedding party in 1985

I've posted a number of photos of our wedding party celebrated on Nov 2nd, 1985 at 9 Derwent road ( here , here , and here ) but I thought I...

 August 21 2013
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