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Originally posted by avcah View PostMy great great grandparents....only got this a few days ago....never thought I would see a pic of them....The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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Originally posted by dinny View PostBrilliant..........Going through my mothers stuff I found a photo of her when she was about 4 years old sitting on my Grandmothers lap and her sister standing beside them......it's magic
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Originally posted by dinny View PostBrilliant..........Going through my mothers stuff I found a photo of her when she was about 4 years old sitting on my Grandmothers lap and her sister standing beside them......it's magic
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Originally posted by KatieMorag View PostThat's lovely. I don't know what happened to most of my parents' photos - I have a few which I must have taken from the collection at some point but I can remember several more that seem to have disappeared - I can only assume they were thrown away for some reason because there were none left when they died.The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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When u look at people today take photos all the time on their mobiles I do hope they save some as the sad thing for my brothers x sisters all brought up in Dublin in the 1940 s 1950s x 60 with no photos taken when we were young our children used to ask us Why was that well mayb our parents never had a camera x being poor sad really out of 10 children only 2 baby pictures l of myself 72 years ago no communion or conformations pics to compare clothes x hair styles but nowadays children/ grandchildren’s have so many I do wish we had some it would have been magic to look back at us all.
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Originally posted by Frannyflynn View PostWhen u look at people today take photos all the time on their mobiles I do hope they save some as the sad thing for my brothers x sisters all brought up in Dublin in the 1940 s 1950s x 60 with no photos taken when we were young our children used to ask us Why was that well mayb our parents never had a camera x being poor sad really out of 10 children only 2 baby pictures l of myself 72 years ago no communion or conformations pics to compare clothes x hair styles but nowadays children/ grandchildren’s have so many I do wish we had some it would have been magic to look back at us all.Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View PostThe affordable Brownie Box 126 camera meant a lot of people could take pix....even if it was hit and miss look down to view find...but even then it was a luxury and a lot didn't attach much importance in the 50's. My aunty who lived next door bought one and it's from that camera I have inherited a good number of photo memories of my kin folk. I still own one.
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Originally posted by Vico2 View PostI remember those box cameras. My aunt had one too. She was always taking pictures, but had trouble keeping it steadyWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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