A great result, but what was it with my family and no notepaper to hand?
We initially got excited when we saw writing on the reverse of some of the photos, thinking they would confirm identities and dates - only to read messages from one family member to another e.g. "Have had to pop out. Father requires his dinner at 1 o'clock prompt" or "have gone to ...... and plan to be back around 6 o'clock". Made us laugh, though!
The most poignant photo was one of me, taken when I was 3 weeks old. The day my Mum was told she was pregnant with me was the same day she was diagnosed with TB. She spent 8 months in the hospital sanitorium.
When I was born I was whisked away - she wasn't allowed to hold me because of the risk of infection/all other things medical.She had an illicit hug, aided and abetted by a sympathetic nurse, when I was 2 weeks old. I went home to my Dad, brother and grandparents 3weeks after the birth, my Mum had to stay for a further 6 weeks. My godparents visited my Dad the next day and took that photo of me, and wrote a message on the back as if it were from me. Dad drove from Kent to the hospital in London soon after with the photo, so my Mum could at least have that. I'd never seen the photo before.
Looking at it 54 years later induced a moist-eyed hug.
