Half term
Bought a woollen waistcoat £3.99
Granny died last night at 11.20
Sam phoned at 4.45
Haven't heard from it since
Saturday 27
Sam phoned this morning
Went into Southport with my brother
Bought a pair of mules for £6.99
Wrote to my other brother, Corinna and 'J'
Sam rang twice
Once from the Vines & once at the Chinese chippy
Arrr my dear Granny. Born in 1890 in Scotland, orphaned by the time she was 10 years old.
Lived in England for 50 years but had the strongest Scottish accent still as an old lady. She couldn't cook to save her life and read peoples fortunes through tea leaves.... loved Andy Stewart and gave you Dundee biscuits when you visited her
This was the last photo of her taken in 1977 during the Queens Silver Jubilee celebrations
For those of you who don't know who Andy Stewart is ... here he is.
If you can stand it that is? .... I so detested Andy Stewart after having been forced to watch this type of stuff particularly on the Christmas and New Year programmes as a kid in the 60s, when dear Granny came to stay.
11 comments:
I never knew my grannies ...... I did have a 'step' grandma I suppose, my mother's father re-married his much younger secretary!!!!
orphaned at 10? that's sad....
I preferred andy williams to andy stewart :-)
"She couldn't cook to save her life" but a life of 89 years without cooking ain't bad! ;-)
no too many years of andy stewart put me off new years eve for ever.
I never knewmy grand dads.. wow yours sounds a lively soul DP???
NM ~ yes she certainly had a tough start in life. I reckon that photo of her and family was taken following her brothers funeral in 1895 .. he died of menengitis aged 16....then her parents died a couple of years apart after that, so was raised by her eldest sister in Edinburgh
tNb ~ I was thinking just that last night as I typed that line.. she survived on simple food and a toto of whisky every night lol
tNb ~ I was thinking just that last night as I typed that line.. she survived on simple food and a toto of whisky every night lol
Oh Annie wasn't it soooo awful every New Year??????
but you just knew he was going to be on every year, before you got the christmas radio times you just knew.
Gosh! She looks a lot my MY Granny! :)
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