We are back into 1931 for today's article and today the 1930s photo album picked up in 2016 in an antiques warehouse has a different family to show us. The children could be cousins perhaps of little thingy - the usual little girl whose name we have no idea of.
Or they could be neighbours, friends, school pals, who knows? Not me. As always if you recognise anyone here, I'm willing to return this album to the original family if they decide that an ancestor threw it away and they have been pining for a glimpse of their relatives of ninety years ago. Here's Mum, looking none too sure at sitting on the swing. She's smiling, but the little girl behind has just yanked at the ropes and Mum's right hand has made a grab for support! A shame that there isn't a view from further away, showing what the ropes are fastened to - I'm not sure whether two trees were growing handily next to each other or whether the family have erected a specially built frame...
Whichever it is, it is sturdy enough to hold a bit of weight. Can you move from the back, Elspeth? We can't get a good swing going...
Dad's turn to sit on the swing but he is not allowed to have a proper go either as the two younger girls clamour for pride of place. Daddy is dressed for play in his three-piece suit with tie and waistcoat. You want to see how he dresses when he's really poshed up!
Wait! But what's this? No sooner are the girls called into the house for their dinner than Daddy pushes off and is soon swinging wildly and hoping that the draught caused by his swinging will keep his pipe glowing nicely! Uh oh... I can hear Mummy's voice asking the kids where their Daddy is... He should be thickening the gravy. He's going to cop it now!
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