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The lady above is my father's mother Lillian.
The older lady in this photo is Lillian's mother, Louise. She was an amazing lady and in 1920 when she was in her 60's and widowed she unofficially adopted a 3 year old girl, Toni. This photo is of an obviously very proud Louise with Toni on her wedding day. It is through Toni, who was a war bride and now lives in Toronto, that we have a lot of our family history.
Toni tells me that she made her wedding dress and the little dog later went to Toronto with her new husband.
Lovely photos, Susan.
ReplyDeleteGreat pix. Toni was originally Molly, n'est pas? I wonder why she changed it. New life; new name.
ReplyDeleteApparently it was "the thing to do" when she was at school in Wicken Bonhunt. Molly is still her "passport Name".
DeleteI love old photos, Lilian was a lovely looking lady. I must pop over now and see the other half of the family at Magnon's Meanderings for the complete picture.
ReplyDeleteThe pride and joy on Louise's face in the wedding photo is so touching.Lovely photos, Susan.
ReplyDeleteOur mother had a black scottie terrier in the 1940s as well, Perpetua, and she was also a very smart and stylish young woman. Scotties must have been quite The Fashionable Dog, at the time. I know Edward Prince of Wales had a Westie in the 1930s, and the Yorks had Cairns. Only later did the present Queen change her allegiance to Corgis.
DeleteI remember it well - elderly and bad-tempered by then. :-) It was called Jeanie.
DeleteLove the photos. Your grandmother is very pretty
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