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London
A couple from one of the big things in London in 1972 – the Tutankhamun exhibition. I was too young and got left behind with the grandparents, while The Brother fell asleep in the queue. And a separate...
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1972 miscellany
A few bits and pieces, again from 1972. Abington Street in Northampton At my mother’s parents house, with her father. Me sat in a recess in a tree at Delapre Abbey. Somehow I don’t think I’d fit into...
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Northampton Early 1973
What a vibrant, exciting place Northampton must have been in early 1973… Who am I trying to kid – it was the early 70s! Anyway, there was a lot of building work going on in the town, with the old...
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Summer 1973
Pics from our summer holiday in 1973 – a trip up north, which will have been to stay with my father’s parents near Hull. We went a bit further north, as well. The Transporter Bridge in Middlesborough –...
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London, August 1973
We obviously spent a few days with my dad’s sister in London. These three are from the Imperial War Museum This one is a Barbara Hepworth piece called Two Forms (Divided Circle) – it was stolen from...
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Boulogne
It seems like we didn’t spend much time at home that summer – trips up north, London and also a few days in Boulogne. The first trip abroad for me and The Brother. I just love the one of the...
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Northampton
A selection of pics from Northampton in 1973 One of the stalls on the Market Square Traffic chaos at the old Banbury Lane level crossing – now replaced by a bridge. We used to go out there and watch...
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Family, 1974
And to wrap up 1974, here is the section that the family will have been dreading – the most interesting photos of them from the year. We’ll start with Mother, looking surprisingly cool in her shades...
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Family, 1975
A few of the family from 1975. This is my uncle Penry, Mother’s twin brother. In all of the pictures I’ve scanned so far (about 17,500) there are just 9 pictures of him and about 2 decent ones. These...
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Cousins
Four cousins in the back garden in 1977 – Me, Chris, The Brother and Mike. And as a footnote, yes – a number of footballs did come into contact with the greenhouse…
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