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• AB's recordings

  29 December 2013

  I hope AB won't mind me celebrating her accomplishments! Here are some recordings which are part of the treasure trove which Noël has brought to light (how do we say for what you can hear?): some English songs, some Latin songs (probably for mass). All...

• More nursery rhymes!

  18 December 2013

  Here is another batch of recordings with Tini and Vivi (somehow this wasn't yet "Helene and Yves"...!), which I rather fancy sound crazier and crazier as the sections go on...! Probably because we were tired of such a long (and sometimes repetitive) recording...

• Trafalgar square in 1962

  19 June 2014

  Looking at some pictures which had been posted here and there, I noticed that a series had been shot in 1962 at Trafalgar square: Mum Dad Hélène and myself: here's all the collection! (I've erased them from the other pages where they appeared): Don't...

• Green Lanes long ago

  11 March 2016

  The above photo (1906) should be compared to the one below, where the Church has appeared!

• Cath later pictures

  19 August 2013

  Here's the sequel to the post " Cath childhood and youth ": you'll also find many other photos of her in the posts devoted to us children, and there are a few in the post called At the door ! I'll try and put here only pictures I've not put elsewhere....

• Broomfield Park swings

  15 December 2015

  Over the past months, I have collected enough old photos of BP swings, slides, seesaws and witch hats for me to open this dedicated post. So here goes.

• Tini at 9 Derwent... n°2

  20 July 2013

  There are many photos of Hélène at 9 Derwent... Check here for a first series. This is a second one, focussing on the first years. To be continued...

• the photos of the animal photo contest

  26 May 2014

  Here are the full photos of the plastic animals you had to guess: 1- The kangaroo 2- The bison 3- The mammoth 4- the tiger 5- the crocodile 6- the lion 7- the elephant of Asia 8- the antelope

• When AB was a little girl...

  21 October 2013

  ...she used to look like this: and later, like this: these are taken from other well-known pictures: There's also this one: Then childhood ends, and, as in the (French) song, comes the time of weddings: and children... There you are folks, our story stops...

• A bag made in Italy

  24 July 2013

  Hi, Hélène just sent me this: a handbag which Grandpa had given her as a present back in 1970 or 1971, presumably after returning from a trip in Italy (Rome?)

• Vivi boy at 9 Derwent

  23 July 2013

  It's my go! Here are some photos which have not yet appeared on this blog! Tongue in cheek! Some say the next one is in fact Paco: Happy days: Something wrong underneath: All that English food! the picture above had been enlarged and was up in Grandma's...

• Informative Pages

  10 July 2012

  Here are some informative pages you can access on this blog: - Erminia Morganti - Ethel Fletcher - Monsieur Père (Grandpa) - Auntie Olive - Auntie Maud - Auntie Grandma - The four Hughes sisters

• Palmers green videos

  17 September 2017

  Here are the few videos which have been made about the past of Palmers green. Please help me to add more!