I found some very old photo albums today. Unfortunately, they were of the ‘sticky’ pages type, so it took some careful peeling to get the photos off the backing. I then took digital photos of the prints.
(All the photos can be enlarged, by clicking on them)
A blurry shot of me as a toddler, in my grandparent’s back yard. 1954.
Spot the almost-white curly hair!
Suited up at a family wedding, aged fifteen. 1967.
With my first wife, Sally. We were both twenty-seven. 1979.
I will be doing more posts of old photos, as and when I discover them.
While being a cute bub it looks like you’ve gotten better looking with age. Thanks for sharing a few blasts from the past.
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Thanks, Lloyd. I was doing OK, until most of my hair fell out. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nah man, I think you’ve aged well into your face. Looking good bro. Wassup? You know what I’m saying? Best wishes. 😉
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You snagged your best girl later in life. I rest my case.
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OMG, I love these photos! Thank you, Pete. Looking forward to more.
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Thanks, Jennie. I look on them with mixed emotions now.
It feels like they are photos of someone else.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I understand. And I often feel the same way. Mine are in a huge bin which needs to be looked at. One day…
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Great photos, Pete! It’s so strange, how few photos we have of back then, when photography has been all but commoditized nowadays, thanks to mobiles!
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It was hard for the prints to survive, being passed around to various family members. And most of the negatives are long gone, sadly. But I have an old case full of them in the loft, so will be posting more like these at some stage. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sweet! Looking forward to them. You’re right; I only have a couple of photos of me as a baby, maybe two as a toddler, then almost none until my teen years. None of these have the corresponding negatives.
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Gorgeous, and already such a serious facial expression, as a baby. 😉
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I started as I meant to go on, Michael. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great pics Pete 🙂
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Cheers, Eddy. Shame we didn’t have mobile phones back then. Imagine all the photos and videos we might have to choose from. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maybe a blessing 🙂
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Old photos say so much 🙂
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They bring back good and bad memories, Alex.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Are you smoking in that last photo? I love how by 27 your hairline is beginning to resemble the one you were born with! Great fun seeing these. Thanks.
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I am not sure if I am smoking, but I did smoke at the time, as did my wife, so it is very possible. I didn’t give up cigarettes until after I retired, aged 60.
My hairline began to recede when I was around 18, I reckon. That said, I was luckier than every other adult male in my family, as they were all bald by the time they were 25. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think everyone around me smoked in those days.
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You were such a cute kid, Pete, what the heck happened to you?!! 🙂 just jokin’ with ya!
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I ask myself that all the time, GP. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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These are precious. I’m intending to digitalise my old family stuff but that’ll have to wait til I retire! Has your hair reverted to blonde now? 😉😊
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It reverted to white, and then mostly fell out. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oops 🤣 I quite like the Yul Bryner look, Phil has that one too. 😃
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I still have a grey/white ‘fuzz’, but keep it cropped short. 🙂
It grows, if I let it!
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Ah…Such a cute baby…And a handsome young man, Pete.
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Thanks, Pam. I have to say that it looks like someone else now. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I really enjoyed your photographs, Pete.
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Thanks, Robbie. It feels strange to see myself so young. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m familiar with Cinzano, but I had to look up St. Ivel, a dairy company founded in 1901.
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Yes, cream on the table, still in its container. No class! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cute toddler, Pete!
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Thanks, Stevie. My Mum loved those white curls. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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What happened to them?
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Turned brown, then fell out! 🙂
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Always interesting to look back and try to remember “what were we thinking at this time?” Thanks for sharing Pete!
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I do remember the other people at the dinner party. My friend Steve, and his girlfriend Nina. He died when he was just 40, around 10 years after this photo was taken.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Always interesting to look back, reflect, and also remember that we had some fun when we were younger! Just like now!
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a lot of memories with these old photos, Pete! look at those eyes 🙂 thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanks, Wilma. I still have the eyes, but also the bags to go with them. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I do love old photos. You are spot on about some of the photos are as blurry as the memories. Warmest regards, Theo
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My Dad’s old Kodak Brownie was mostly reliable, but quite a few are on the blurry side. 🙂
No ‘tracking focus’ back then…
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Great pics! Such a cute baby picture – look at those big eyes!!
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Nice to see you back, Starr. I still have the big eyes, but the bags underneath them are much larger now. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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haha – I can relate. Great to be back!
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Fun!
Just wondering – Where are you putting the originals once you’ve removed them from the sticky pages?
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At the moment, they are in an envelope, Laura. I am eventually going to get them all put on one CD or memory stick.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nice pics Pete! Cute baby!
🙂
Besties
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Cheers, Frank. More to come, when I find them. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I love looking at old photos. Such a cute baby!! I look forward to seeing more. xo
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Thanks, Darlene. I have to get some more from the loft. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Love them, Pete. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Thanks, Mary. I can hardly remember ever being so young. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oooh, memories…
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Yes, they are sometimes as blurry as some of the photos, Sue. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I know you as an adult and now I know you as a youngster…..great photos…..chuq
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Thanks, chuq. There are lots more like this around. (Somewhere…)
Best wishes, Pete.
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A stroll down Memory Lane……chuq
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Awww! You were such a cute baby and toddler! And what charming smiles.
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Thanks, Kim. I think I look more like a little girl in that toddler photo. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s nice to see how you were as a baby and a young adult Pete.
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Thanks, Arlene. Those photos bring back so many memories.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Drinking wine in 1979! How sophisticated!! A tin of Double Diamond would’ve been more in keeping with the times.
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I didn’t drink at all then, Ian. That was my wife’s wine. I only started again in 1985, then never looked back. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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