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Cake day: January 7th, 2024

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  • He would have been 92 next month, so my guess would be he is mid 20’s in this picture. I’m not sure what year they got married. Living through the Blitz in a strategically important city will do that to you. Grandpa told me a story about how his dad (on the left) had severe shell shock and would refuse to go into their bomb shelter in the back garden. He would make aure the family was safe in there, and them stand outside and watch the planes. My other great-grandfather on the right got an accomodation for helping a wounded Canadian officer get off some beach in WW2, i wish i remembered which one. Those old Geordies lived through some serious shit.


  • My grandpa died yesterday and so my mom was sending out pictures. She just took a picture of it with her phone, so i cropped out the frame to post it, which definitely makes the quality look poorer. My great grandfather on the left there was an old Geordie dock worker with horrid shell shock from WW1, which you can see in his eyes.

    I have a bunch of photos of my American grandma’s photos that i want to start scanning. I even have video film that says “Christmas 1942” that i am eager to see.