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Patty, the white haired woman’s white haired mother, Part 2
We arrived in London in 1958. Within a year or so of our arrival, Patty decided that the bags under her eyes were just too bad for a woman in her late thirties so she would have plastic surgery to … Continue reading
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Sciatica! OMG!
Ouch! Eight or nine years ago I had this ache in my left buttock which was not particularly bad but a bit bothersome and sometimes when I was walking it caused me a bit of pain. I had osteopathy, … Continue reading
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Oh, how annoying it is sometimes!
Earlier today I posted a blog about my mother but there was a big glitch with the photos so I removed it, reworked it and re-published it about two hours later. The new one is on the website ( http://www.whitehairedwoman.com … Continue reading
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Patty – The White Haired Woman’s White Haired Mother – Part One
As I believe I said in an earlier post, Patty was born into a well-to-do family in the early twenties of the twentieth century. How it became a well-to-do family is, at least partly, as a result of the American … Continue reading
Just a quickie! Before and After
(After I was seventeen and before I was seventy.) I thought I’d add these two photos to your consciousness. The first is a painting by my sister, Jennie, who is an artist – as you can tell. The second is … Continue reading
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Some photos I should have published but only just found. An added extra!!
All these photos were taken when I was around 17. The two in the strapless, floaty dress were taken just before I went to the prom. The others were taken by a family friend, Dr. K. Hirsch. With the above … Continue reading
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“Where does SHE come from?”, Part Four
It was the ‘Swinging Sixties’, I was twenty years old. Looking back at myself, fifty four years later, I realise what a child I still was but, then, I thought I was a ‘grown-up’. I had just failed to get … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, aphantasia, portobello road, Swinging sixties, unmarried mother
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“Where does SHE come from?” Part Three
My second year at Central High was similar to my first, not very good educationally but fun otherwise. The school had a room which we could use at lunchtime to sit around, listen to records, chat to our friends, even … Continue reading
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Tagged 'A' levels, 'O' levels, fags, GCE's, Kennedy assassination, Latin, Logic, Michael Garrick, school dinners, Wateringbury
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ANTIFA – ANTI-FASCIST OR ANTI-1ST AMENDMENT?
I keep reading differing meanings if the word ‘antifa’. (See the title!) Is there someone out there in Twitter or Facebook land that can give me a definitive answer on which it means? Fascists would be against the first amendment … Continue reading
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Anyone for TEA – SELS?
When we moved into our lovely home twelve years ago there were things we knew we needed to change – the fact that the ONLY bathroom was on the ground floor was the most urgent, for me at least. (Many … Continue reading
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