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Yes there is - its right behind you.
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Apparently I didn't like my photo being taken.
This is one of the ones my mother posted on facebook. I think me and my big sis were auditiog for hitler youth
Did you remove the rest of the outfit just before the picture was taken 😆
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Grumpy (apparently my first faltering steps!):
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Happier (coz I was on my bike?):
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Best thread in a while!
One of me, my brother and mum having a lunch break some where in france on the annual trip to Italy (My dad saw this photo the other day and he knew exactly where the picnic bench was - we used to stop there every year!). I'm the one not getting p**sed.
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A few years later at my brothers 21st:
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Good times!
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My sister and I:
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Me on left.
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About 3 yrs old on a beach, somewhere:
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Me (orange wellies) my brother, mum and Bonny on the farm.
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Got loads as my dad loved photography
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There is a photo of me somewhere dressed as a girl. Quite disturbing.
Who'd have thought this thread would turn up more than one photo of kids in lederhosen?
I'm the blond bombshell, with my mum, Grandma from Germany, my big sister and little bro. c1970.
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And then there are tiny little moments of purity, such as this, whereby people are invited to offer just a little slither of their genuine selves.And many do.
I, for one, would like to 'cheers' that side of STW; it's a community that has dragged me from the depths, brought me to the light and been no end of ridiculously detailed good advice.
Every now and then, there is an opportunity to present one's self as vulnerable.
That's ok. Respect it as it is provided. It's that 'soft love' that makes STW totally special.
Hah! Gay!
[i]I'm the blond bombshell[/i]
I thought one of the clouds had fallen on yer 'ead 🙂
Our garden in Uttar Pradesh, 1977
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I don't have any pics from when I was a kid, but I know they'd be like the ones above.
I'm determined to go back to a time like that, simple fun and pleasures, lets make it happen!
And another of me, my sister and my cousins. I'm the one sucking his thumb/picking his nose. I have no idea what my cousin Leo is doing behind me!
I think he is having FAR too much fun there!!!
matt_outandabout's Uncle Harry was a good laugh at family barbeques......
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Judging by your previous post, you need some a that.
matt_outandabout's Uncle Harry
One of the other early [s]slides[/s] (remember them?) of me is joining in the hunt for the cobra that had moved in under our doorstep...
DebZ - is that you?DezB - MemberThere is a photo of me somewhere dressed as a girl.
The cute blonde curly hair is a disguise, I was actually the antichrist.
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Shoes were optional when I were a lad.
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Jeez mcmoonter, was that during the Depression?
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McMoonter looks to have the legs (but not the hooves) of a centaur.
My father took pictures as part of his job so there are shed loads of me on Kodachrome 64 😕
A small selection
On my mums shoulders in Scotland 1967
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On my Tractor 1969
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Sharpness Docks 1969
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With my mum Glos-Sharpness canal 1970
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Sisters first day @ school 1971 (also STW forum member!)
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Scotland I think 1975
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Pyrenees 1977 (I was skinny once 🙂 )
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About 60 years ago. Wish I'd had more interest in music.
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Thank you for posting that - I feel much better knowing I was not the only one
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Jeez mcmoonter, was that during the Depression?
My mother was a hippie/beatnik artist, the picture was probably taken in 1965. Happy days for me.
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8 year old me with my favourite book Roger Phillips wild flowers - I still have it 🙂
Adjustablewench, did you model for the test card too? Lovin' your curtains
My mother was a hippie/beatnik artist, the picture was probably taken in 1[b]8[/b]65. Happy days for me.
FTFY. Location the Left Bank?
PS great photo Wenchie?
Some brilliant photos on here 😀
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I'm the small blonde one sitting on my aunts lap.
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I am lucky in that there are many photos of me as my dad was a keen photographer. But no modelling for test cards although I seemed to get typecast as Mary every Christmas due to my long brown hair
There are also loads of pics of me and my brother when we were very small on old motorbikes as my mum is a keen motorcyclist.
I can't help thinking these photos, while not technically perfect, show life in such a great way!
It was great back in the olden days when the sun always shone and people weren't glued to their phones all the time . . .
[i]It was great back in the olden days[/i]
Have hundreds of pics of my boy at a similar age doing similar stuff. Digi cameras just meant a bit of saturation photo-wise.
I can't help thinking these photos, while not technically perfect, show life in such a great way!
Good observation. Lack of technical ability and auto focus means a touch of something mostly missing from today's pics.
It was great back in the olden days when the sun always shone and people weren't glued to their phones all the time . . .
Heh. Always snowed at xmas, too...
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I asked my mother why in the middle of winter was playing out doors with no shoes on. She said I hated wearing them and I kicked them off.
This was me with my first pair of new shoes. Summer 1965
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Rainy day entertainment when we stayed in Nottingham in the late 60's
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Great pictures Mcmoonter - they look to be the same era as the hotel room I've just walked into. Thought best western were relatively up to date . . . Apparently the date in this one is in the mid sixties 🙂
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It was great back in the olden days when the sun always shone and people weren't glued to their phones all the time . . .
seems like many of us are getting old and tired and feeling a little melancholic longing for a simpler time
I am
And then there are tiny little moments of purity, such as this, whereby people are invited to offer just a little slither of their genuine selves.
And many do.I, for one, would like to 'cheers' that side of STW; it's a community that has dragged me from the depths, brought me to the light and been no end of ridiculously detailed good advice.
Every now and then, there is an opportunity to present one's self as vulnerable.
That's ok. Respect it as it is provided. It's that 'soft love' that makes STW totally special.
100% this!
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