Sunlight from the Nilgiris: Whisky With Water

Monday, May 11, 2015

Whisky With Water

World Wide Web dot is quicker to say than www dot!

When I started this blog over two years ago my intention was to create a means of sorting all the old photos that Mum & Dad had left behind... a big box of memories without names and dates on the back. As Rob, Anne and I live in Yorkshire, Merseyside and Cumbria respectively, I thought it would be a quick and easy way of us looking at them at the same time. It is an easy way but not necessarily quick! I’ve always thought it would be good to have an album or photo-book of the old photos complete with names, dates and places and then have copies for each of us. The trouble is, when I come across an old photo that I want to post to the blog, I find myself wanting to write something about it or about some old memories or thoughts and then the task becomes a little longer instead of just scanning the photo and uploading it. So I’m going to try and start just uploading photos without me waffling on so much and just ask these three simple WWW questions:

When was it taken?
Where was it taken?
Who is in it?

So, here’s the first.........

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David McCormackMay 11, 2015 at 7:27 PM
Anne outside The Ginnel with one of Mum's pet chihuahuas (Tiny?) but who else and what year?
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David.

Sunlight from the Nilgiris

I must find time to visit Port Sunlight soon and go see Mum & Dad. I’ve not been for awhile. Things never change, Dad will be in his chair the whole time and Mum will be constantly in and out of the kitchen making us tea!

“Can you get out all those old black & white photos of India Mum. Who’s that and when was it taken and where? Tell me that story again Dad, about when you....”

I’ve looked at those old photos so many times and I’ve listened to Dad’s stories over and over again. I must sit down with Mum & Dad and make notes of who is in those old photos, very few have anything written on the back. Yes, I’ll do that soon....

My dear Mother passed away this year, she was 90. Dad died in 2009 when he was 85. I now have a box full of old memories, photographs and letters but not many names, dates or places. I hope this blog will help put that right.

In 1946 Mum & Dad got married in India. Mum was born there and Dad went over with the army. That same year, they sailed over to England. Harry was returning home to Port Sunlight from the Nilgiris with his new wife Nancy.

I've created this blog so I can tell their story and share it with family and friends. With plenty of old photographs, letters, and happy memories & stories, I’m sure Harry & Nancy’s story will be of interest to all who knew them and even those that didn’t. I hope you enjoy your visit.

Thanks,

David.

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Whisky With Water

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