Families of the Lounge

[MisterCairo]

My dad Patrick with his cousin Wilhemena (Billie), Baghdad, about 1930 just before two of the Rosario families moved to England:

Check cousin Billie out below at her second wedding -

 

[BobHufford]

At the same fair, cannot recall what this was exactly - any thoughts?

'36 Ford (I think).

Bob

 

[MisterCairo]

Another beach side shot of my dapper dad. Check out the woman in the right rear, looking at the camera and looks like she's knitting:

 

[MisterCairo]

My "Auntie Billie" getting married to Bert Hayes, pilot for British Caledonian, mid 50s:

 

[MisterCairo]

My dad and brothers Michael, left, and John. About 1961. It is rare to see my father looking into the camera. My brother Michael turns 65 on Sunday. SIXTY FIVE!

 

[Zombie_61]

At the same fair, cannot recall what this was exactly - any thoughts?

'36 Ford (I think)...

Give Mr. Hufford a cigar. 1936 Ford pickup truck.

 

[MisterCairo]

Give Mr. Hufford a cigar. 1936 Ford pickup truck.

Thanks gents, I'll update our album!

 

[1mach1]

Me, the boy, the Captain

 

[MisterCairo]

Another beach side shot of my dapper dad. Check out the woman in the right rear, looking at the camera and looks like she's knitting:

Photo inadvertently deleted!

 

[MisterCairo]

More recent black and white of my daughters, Sinead who is now 9 and Ailsa who is now 7.

Sinead, three years old:

 

[MisterCairo]

Ailsa, five months or so:

 

[MisterCairo]

Going back in time, my great-grandmother, rear, with two of my great aunts, Ruth, left, and Rose. This is about 1905, based on the ages of my great-aunts:

 

[MisterCairo]

Great-aunt Ruth, taken about 1940, in Baghdad. Quite the change! Sent to my grandmother:

 

[Trenchfriend]

@1mach1

That's lovely!

@MisterCairo

Again great pics!!

 

[MisterCairo]

My mother, my dad's second wife, finally makes an appearance. here, Christmas 1964, with my brothers John and Michael, and the first of the Afghan hounds, Leyla Bey (and is anyone else thinking A Charlie Brown Christmas looking at the groovy silver tree???):

 

[MisterCairo]

July 1957 and my mother has been in Canada less than one month. Taken in Toronto, after she'd emigrated along with her sister and her family, brother and his and Grandma. The inscription on the back is as follows:

"Netta (aka Nettie, aka Janet, my mum's sister) took this one morning before I went to work. The car belongs to the people we live with".

 

[MisterCairo]

My mum, Margaret Hetherington Raleigh, third from left, at her office (Crown Trust), Toronto, about 1962:

 

[MisterCairo]

Mum at the ski slopes (such as they were and are in Ontario), trying on the latest in chalet fashions, also 1962 (oh, the date is there!!!):

 

[MisterCairo]

Mum trying out hats with the "cute" ski attendant she always talks about. Check out the Brylcreem ad on the floor - pretty sure it's an MG you can win in the contest!

 

[MisterCairo]

So much to say about this one. Taken in Ontario's "cottage country" on a regular trip to a friend's parents' cottage, my mum Margaret is seen here in an inside joke photo - she was not much of a drinker, and so she was sent in to get the weekend's booze from the LCBO - Liquor Control Board of Ontario (which still exists and is still an abomination, another story). You can see bottles on the shelf through the window, which was then a new idea, as until the late 50s you went up to a counter, consulted the list book, and ordered your fiendish liquors after showing your LICENSE TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL (I recently found my father's), which was then handed to you in, yes, a plain brown bag.

You can also see of course the local Chevy dealership, and reflected in the window is an Esso gas station sign.