WELL....TODAY,STARTS A NEW ERA....WE WILL CALL IT BLOGS,BLOGS AND MORE BLOGS...BUT I LOVE IT.........I RECKON,IT'S GREAT TO PUT PEN TO PAPER (SO TO SPEAK)BE IT JUST TO MAKE A STATEMENT,OR TO PASS ON,WHAT MAYBE VERY USEFUL,INFORMATION....PARTICULARLY,IN THE FAMILY SENSE.FOR ALL TO SEE AND HEAR.I'M PUTTING ON SOME PHOTOS,THAT COULD BE A GOOD ADDITION,TO THE FAMILY TREE....ANYWAY,SEE WHAT YOU THINK.I'LL PROBABLY MAKE SOME MISTAKES.....BUT YOU KNOW ME....
THE TOP PHOTO,IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER...GEORGE EDWARD...HE WAS A BUSINESS MAN,OF SOME SORT...THAT'S ALL THAT I KNOW,ABOUT HIM
THE LADY ON THE LEFT,IS GEORGES' WIFE..HER NAME WAS ISABELLA BLAND....I FOLLOWED HER BACK,A FEW GENERATIONS...BLAND WAS EVIDENTLY,A FAIRLY COMMON NAME,IN ENGLAND.
NEXT PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS MY FATHER...CHAMPION....YOU CAN JUST SEE,WHY I'M LIKE I AM
DAD WAS BORN,HERE IN PERTH...HE HAD A VARIETY OF JOBS,AS WAS THE DEAL,IN THOSE DAYS....DURING THE WAR,HE WAS MANPOWERED...HE WORKED FOR SWAN CEMENT AND THEY WERE PRETTY BUSY ALL OVER THE STATE,BUILDING RUNWAYS,FOR AIRCRAFT...GUN EMPLACEMENTS AND SO ON.PEOPLE IN THAT PART OF THE WAR EFFORT,WERE AWARDED A MEDAL....I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT FOR SOME TIME.......WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT,I APPLIED FOR HIS MEDAL,BUT THE RECORDS,FOR THAT WORK,HAD BEEN DESTROYED....AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF TRYING,I GAVE UP....I COULD WRITE A BOOK,ABOUT DAD...
NEXT PHOTO,IS HARRY WHYTE DELAVALE...DADS' FATHER AND MY GRAND FATHER....ANOTHER TOP BLOKE....INVOLVED IN THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY,BEFORE THAT,HARRY WAS A STAGE ARTIST...HE ALSO MANAGED THE LUXOR AND TIVOLI THEATRES AND LATER MANAGED THE ROCKINGHAM HOTEL AND THE PICTURE GARDENS,THERE,UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY.HE WAS WELL KNOWN ON THE STAGE AND REGULARLY PERFORMED AT KALGOORLIE,AND ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WAS A POULAR VENUE.HE WAS A GREAT SINGER....I SUPPOSE,THAT'S WHERE,I GET MY VOICE AND ACTION FROM....ANYWAY,THESE PHOTOS ARE A BIT OF HISTORY,AND YOU SHOULD KEEP THEM TO SHOW YOUR KIDS.
I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE LOCAL NEWS,NOW THAT ANDREW HAS BEEN VINDICATED,EVERYONE IS DUCKING FOR COVER...JUDGES ON LONG SERVICE LEAVE AND SO ON...LOOKS LIKE ONE POOR CHAP,FROM THE PROSECUTING BIT,IS GOING TO TAKE THE WRAP.THE NEWSPAPER,IS RUNNING A PUBLIC,GUESSING COMPETITION TO SEE HOW MUCH COMPENSATION,THE MAN,SHOULD BE PAID....WHAT ABOUT,IF ALL THE PEOPLE,THAT CONTRIBUTED,TO HIS SENTENCING,PUT IN THE EQUIVILENT AMOUNT,TO WHAT EACH OF THEM EARNT,OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS...THAT WOULD HELP
HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL...I'LL BE BACK ON TRACK,TOMORROW,WITH THE NORMAL GOSSIP........I HAVE SOME NEW,YOUNGER FAMILY PICS,TO SHOW YOU...IT'S TAKEN ME 2 HOURS,TO DO THIS...ANY WAY,I CAN GET PAID?
DON'T FORGET...WHEN THE MOON,COMES OVER THE MOUNTAIN...EVERY BEAM,BRINGS A DREAM DEAR OF YOU...LOVE TO ALL,FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.
2 comments:
hi granddad. i find it interesting reading about all the grandfathers. mum and i have just worked out that george is my great-great-great-great grandad.love alisha.
HELLO ALISHA...THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT...I THINK YOU HAVE IT RIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE YOUNGER ONES' TO DO...YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT YOUR ANCESTORS AND WHAT THEY DID...I THINK,IT'S IMPORTANT,TO KNOW,THESE THINGS...LOVE FROM NAN AND GRAND DAD.XXX
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