Sunday, April 14, 2013

Off to the Nilgiris.

Mum, Anne & Dave
Looking at the bare trees and how well wrapped up we are, I would say this was January, 1967 outside The Ginnel. On the back of the print, there is a Kodak stamp with the date May 1967. I think Dad took this photo just before we set off to India and it would have been printed when we came back in May.

 Doesn’t Mum look smart. I can remember snuggling up to Mum many times when she was wearing that coat... I can smell it right now... mint imperials and ciggies!! I used to call it her bingo coat!

 In the background is the Bridge Inn (pub & hotel) and Christ Church where Rob & Sue got married in 1972? Is that car Dad’s old Wolseley that used to have a lovely walnut dashboard?

 After they got married, Rob & Sue lived in New Ferry (just up the road from Port Sunlight) with Sue’s Dad. I think the road was Winstanley Road? Not long after, they moved to Wales and lived in a cottage in Chirk near Wrexham. They had cats and dogs (Mush the dog was my favourite) and even a goat called Wilameena!? A mini Joville? I remember making a wooden sign for their cottage... the sign read... “The Nilgiris”

Rob & Sue's Wedding Day, Port Sunlight

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  1. UnknownApril 17, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    we,ve still got that wooden sign ,Dave...dad was the youngest Arthur in the middle and Les the eldest....

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    1. David McCormackApril 23, 2013 at 11:03 AM

      That’s amazing to think you still have that sign Rob... it must be about thirty five years old! I remember making it with water transfer lettering and loads of varnish! I would have got everything from the hardware shop on Brombourgh Road up by The Wiend. I think that shop is now a posh restaurant called Sunlight!

      In one of his letters, Dad asks Grandma “how is our young Arth?” so I been mistakenly thinking Arthur was the youngest! I’ve found some birth records online (just an entry in a register not certificates) that read:

      McCormack John L, 1911, Wirral Cheshire, Aspinall
      McCormack Denis A, 1915, Wirral Cheshire, Aspinall
      McCormack Harry R 1924, Wirral Cheshire, Aspinall

      As Dad was born at the end of 1923 his birth wasn’t registered until 1924. Are these years correct for Arthur & Les? Also interesting to see that they both used their middles names as their first names!

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