So far I have not found it but its been a fascinating tour back in history starting with this old photo of my hubbys maternal grandfather. As my hubby is now 84 I leave you to guess when the photo was taken of his granddad.
Its been a journey through from the 1800s to the present day and looking at old marriage certificates and death certificates plus WW2 identity cards and ration books has been quite an emotional ride.
I also came across this lovely card that was sent me from one of the schools that I used to go to to talk to the children about WW2 and being an evacuee. I have kept the card because I thought it was lovely to have been signed by all the children plus their teacher. I wonder what has happened to all the children now because this was sent to me in 2005.
Front of the card will show me talking to them.
These show the inside of it where the children have signed it.
I also used to take Nellie the Elephant to show the children.
The elephant below was sent from India in 1942 by my eldest brother who was in the RAF. When he had leave he bought this elephant to send her home to my parents plus a lovely embroidered table runner with the Taj Mahal on it all done with beads.
Unfortunately Nellie the Elephant got caught in a bombing raid that damaged quite a bit of Mount Pleasant Post Office in London.
When she finally reached us her trunk was off plus her tusks were missing .
My father glued the trunk and God knows what he glued it with because its still stuck to this day. No superglue then but whatever it was it certainly made a good job of Nellie’s trunk. She stood for many years balancing the man on top of her trunk in my parents the window but still minus her tusks.
When it was handed down to me I went to a jewellers and bought two necklaces that had a nacre ( mother-of-pearl ) tusk hanging on them.
Hubby put the tusks in the holes where the original ones should have gone and Hey Presto here is Nellie in all her glory.
She has been a great conversation piece no matter who calls and children are fascinated watching the man spin on the top. She will definitely be staying in the family.
Funnily enough with looking through the cases and looking at the photos of family and friends no longer with us has made me feel better to know that they have been remembered at this time of the year. I am the only one left now in my family so it was nice looking at the family photos and remembering good as well as bad times.
Ok so I am a sentimental old fool and its not to everyones taste but just thought I would show the card to show that not everything is bad in this world of ours
