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| 1938 at Wilgul |
My Mum really enjoyed
her ‘early’ Christmases with her maternal grandparents, Edward and Sarah LONG
in the western district of Victoria.
Mum talks fondly
of these Christmases – probably why she always tries so hard to get us (her
three kids and families) together for Christmas with all the trimmings.
I used to try to
avoid these group photos – sometimes by being the one behind the camera,
although I had to ‘fight’ with my Dad for that excuse.
But, looking at
these photos, taken across the years from 1938 to 1950, I can really see the
benefit of those posed family Christmas shots!
Some of Mum’s
recollections to go with this great set of photos (in her words):
We always had Christmas with them.
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| 1940 at Wilgul |
The Christmas pudding had lots of
‘things’ in it – money, threepence and sixpence, and trinkets – a ring, a shoe
and more, that we would exchange for money. It was very exciting to find all
these things in the pudding. There was always brandy sauce too.
We always had a big turkey for Christmas.
I remember seeing her pluck them and the chooks out in the scullery. I watched.
I used to pod peas. The potatoes were
peeled with a knife – there was no peeler.
Nanna only had one or two hats – they
were grey or black.
You had to wear a hat to church but she
didn’t wear one many other times.
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| 1941 off to church |
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| 1942 off to church |
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| 1943 |
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| 1948 |
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| 1950, Pa Long's last Christmas |
It's time you learnt how to set the timer on your camera and jumped into the photos. :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas to you and Mr Jackie.
How precious are these pictures!
ReplyDeleteMy photos came up well. Stay tune for the next round - had to stop because mum flooded me with them
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