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Here you see my mother's parents, my grandfather 'Da' and grandmother 'gram'. They are on the front lawn of their house on Fairholm, Sedbergh.

Date, possible in the 30's.

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Uncle Alex and aunt Lizzie. Early sixties because of the little pile of stones on the ledge by uncle Alex's left hand. On my adventures around the area I used to bring home 'intersting' rocks and stones. This pile grew during the 60's.

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The family is gathered on the front lawn of our house. Left to right:
Jane, my mum with 'Kim', Towering at the back is me, still growing, aunt Doreen in front of me, uncle Murray, cousin Hillary, uncle Mark and family.

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Uncle Murray in his motorcycle gear, grandma, my mum, grandad and aunt Ada. A nice composite of the Hall family.

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I don't remember why we are having a picnic by a gravel heap, but it seems Jane, my mum and I are enjoying the sandwiches. As usual, I look a bit grubby...

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Aunt Lizzie with uncle Alex.

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'Da' and 'gram' on the left. I do not know the two in the middle, but on the right is my mum with a very young me and Jane.

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Aunt Lizzie, standing by my rock pile...

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My mother looks young and ready for the future. Behind her is 'Gram' on the right and someone I do not recognise. They are standing in the doorway to their house in Fairholme.

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Here is my dad on his motorbike, wearing his Ribble condictor's uniform. To his left is a woman I do not know, but the woman on the right is his sister, my aunt Doreen.

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Uncle Murray with 'Da', 'Gram', Jane and aunt Ada.

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I broke my arm falling backwards off the garden gate. The dog is 'Tiny' who went everywhere with me. I look remarkably dry as I somehow used to get wet through when near water.

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My mum with 'Kim', Jane with her dog, husband Tony and two children I do not know.

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The school 'colts' (under 16) rugby team, taken before a match at Appleby Grammer school. If you don't notice me, I amd the one at the middle back, abover everyone else.

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I must be in my early teens here, for some reason sitting on a door mat on the side of the front steps to our house.

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This is cousin Neil and his family outside their home in Stockton-on-Tees.

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Out for a doggy walk, my mother, Tony and Jane.

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Jane and I standing on our front lawn. I was still growing...

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Uncle Alex and aunt Lizzie singing at a venue in Stockton. I do not remember the exact occasion.

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Actually looking smarter than usual as I enjoy a drink, sitting on the front porch. Must be mid 60's.

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Portrait shot of uncle Murray sitting at the table at our home. I had just been given a camera and was starting out in photpgraphy.

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Aunt Lizzie and uncle Alex on their wedding anniversary.

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Uncle Alex and aunt Lizzie.

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We are all stinding in the garden of cousin Niel's house in Stockton.

Niel's daughter and wife, Hillary, uncle Alex, Jane, Tony, aunt Lizzie, my mum anddad and aunt Ada holding 'Kim'.

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The bathing suits would not win any fashion contest, but here is dad and mum enjoying the sunshine. It looks like they took out seats from the car behind them to relax in. I have no idea of the location.

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I am collecting apples. I don't remember when or where.

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I liked trees and to climb into them. I even made a den in one at the farm which was just up the lane from our house.

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A birthday party at home with aunt Ada, uncle Murray, mum and dad and Jane.

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It is boxing day at uncle Murray's home. Christmas cards still hanging.

My dad, Tony sitting on the floor, aunt Ada, mum, me, uncle Murray and their dog 'Scampy'. This must have been early 60's.

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Christmas time with uncle Murray and aunt Ada.

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Christmas time at uncle Murray's home. The cabinet you see at the back was made by uncle Murray and passed on to me and then subsequently to Lesley.

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Nothing like a good family hug.

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Jane found a job working at a stationers in the village main street. The lady to her right was the shop manager.

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Dad with 'Tiny' on the front steps at home.

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A Sunday afternoon outing through Barbondale. Amazingly I an clean and dry. Early 60's, summertime.

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Mum and dad with cousin Hillary, aunts Doreen and Ada in front.

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Neil at the Sedbergh village car park with his new puppy. He liked springer spaniels.

Neil was an engineer on oil tankers for quite a few years then joined the police force in Stockton. By the time this photo was taken he was retired.

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Dad, mum, Barbaraand Neil.

Neil got divorced in the mid 60's and subsequently married Barbara who was with him until Neil passed in the early 2000's.

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Neil and dad enjoying a pint in the local at Stockton.

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Here is mum and dad in their apartment with baby Richerd and Lesley.

After my dad retired, they sold the house in Joss Lane and bought a newly renovated apartment at 47 Main Street. This was to make their lives easier as they no longer had to climb the steep hill from the village to our home. It also made it easy for their friends to pop in for a 'cuppa'.

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In 1981, my mum and dad came out to visit us. I moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1979 and had an apartment in Berea, north of the city center.

During their stay we took a car trip down to Cape Town, via Kimberly. In this photo we are standing in the old mining town, next to the 'Big Hole' of Kimberly.

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Taken on top of the Magaliesburg in South Africa on a blustery day, me, dad Lesley and my mum.

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In one of the Johannesburg parks, Lesley is romping with grandad.

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On the southern coast of South Africa, mum and dad relax in the sunshine.

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In 1983, I was seconded back to the UK for several months for training. Richard had just been born and the whole family returned for the duration.

It so happen we got this little puppy cocker spaniel we named 'Major'. His first few months were in my parents apartment with many walks around the village.

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Here is Major, prior to going out to South Africa, waiting for us to open the gate for his fellside ramble.

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My mum is cooking up a storm in her new apartment.

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We are out on a picnic in the Yorkshire Dales and dad is enjoying a pint - of milk...

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My father and I cleaning up after a picnic.

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This was taken in a park near Kendal in westmoreland, spring time.

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In 1976 I was asked to join a computer company to develop and support the operating system of one of their mainframe computer lines. The offices were in Dalkeith, a town just east of Edinburgh.

While looking for a house to buy, we rented a 'Scottish Special' on a housing estate. On the edge of the estate was open ground and this willow tree just out in bloom.

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