Three good friends - Germany, possibly late 1930s
The boy on gthe right of picture is wearing the uniform of the Deutsches Jungvolk (German Youth), a subdivision of the Hitler Youth for boys aged 10 to 14.
View ArticleTwo small boys playing at soldiers - Germany, World War II
Wearing Stahlhelm (steel helmets) and cut-out photographs of soldiers' tunics over their coats . . . a very poignant photograph, I think.
View ArticleToday's hunk . . .
Such a jaunty hat, but I do wish he would hurry up and fasten his shorts . . . people might get the "wrong" idea!
View ArticleChildren in the attic
I have always thought this photograph to be quite scary, for some reason . ..
View ArticleTwo children in fancy dress
The fancy dress is so fancy that I have absolutely no idea who they were trying to be! Can anybody hazard a guess?
View ArticleFriends round for tea
A bit of a blurry photograph, this one, I am afraid. Jack, sitting extreme right of picture, wished his friends had better table manners . . . it was so hard to be an incipient bon vivant, particularly...
View ArticleGirl with large doll
Jessica would sit for hours on end at the roadside holding her large doll on her knees. Several passers-by had been subjected to the most obnoxious torrents of verbal abuse and foul language, which...
View ArticleDollies' tea party - circa 1970s
My description of this photograph when I posted it on my Flickr Stream caused quite a flutter of viewers' comments, too many to reproduce here, but I do recommend you view the original on:...
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