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• HELLO EVERYONE....BEEN A QUIET WEEKEND....WE HAD LEANNE AND ROCCO CALL IN....ALSO BOB AND SUE ARE DOWN FROM WONGAN,SO WE GOT TO SEE THEM....AND BEST OF ALL..THEY BROUGHT THE LOVELY ALISHA,TO VISIT US.WE ALWAYS LOVE TO SEE ALISHA.....

I'VE GOT THIS OLD PHOTO...IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN,OVER 70 YEARS AGO.MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE FITZPATRICKS.THE CHAP WITH THE WAISTCOAT AND WHITE SHIRT,IS MY GRANDFATHER...BILL FITZ...THE LADY ON HISLEFT IS MY GRANDMOTHER JANE.THAT BUILDING BEHIND THEM,WAS THEIR HOUSE.WHEN YOU WALKED THROUGH THAT FRONT DOOR,YOU WERE IN A FAIRLY LARGE ROOM...AT LEAST IT WAS LARGE,IN THOSE DAYS..NEXT ROOM WAS LIKE A BEDROOM AND THEN A KITCHEN.......OUTSIDE WAS A PRETTY ROUGH LAUNDRY,WITH A COPPER...WHICH WAS FOR BOILING THE CLOTHES AND TO SUPPLY HOT WATER,FOR WASHING THE BODIES.THIS HOUSE WAS OVER A MILE FROM ALBANY,ITSELF....YOU WALKED TO TOWN...YOU WALKED TO THE SHPS...YOU WALKED TO SCHOOL...SHANKSES PONY...THAT WAS OUR LEGS...NO RUNNING WATER..NO ELECTRICITY...THINK ABOUT IT.....I TELL YOU WHAT..THEY WERE A GREAT FAMILY.THOSE WERE THE DAYS.....

NEXT PIC IS OF OUR FAMIL...I'M REALLY PROUD OF THESE PEOPLEL...TO R...CAROLPAUL..TONY..RON..BOB...ROS/LIAM AND OF COURSE MARGARET AND MYSELF.......WE HAVE DONE WELL..DON'T YOU THINK?

THIS LOVELY LADY IS SELINA O'NIEL...MARGARETS' GRANDMOTHER.SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON....SHE LOVED HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND THEY ALL LOVED HER. I USED TO GO TO SEE MARGARET,DURING THE WEEK AND GRANMA WOULD SAY...ARE YOU GOING OUT TONIGHT...AND I WOULD SAY..NO BROKE UNTIL FRIDAY...SHE WOULD PUT HER HAND,INTO THE POCKET OF HER PINNY AND GIVE ME TEN BOB...SHE WOULD SAY..GO OUT AND ENJOY YOURSELF.SHE WOULD WALK FROM RIVERVALE,TO VIC PARK,TO SEE EACH PART OF THE FAMILY AND THE KIDS WOULD WALK,HALF TO TAKE HER,OR HALF WAY TO PICK HER UP.......A TRULY GREAT LADY.

WELL,I THINK,THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TODAY...I WANT TO GET ON TO ALBANY,SO I CAN TELL SOME LIES...MAYBE NEXT TIME ONE MORE PIC...THIS CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY ONE OF MY FAMILY..LONG TIME AGO...HE WAS VERY LUCKY....SO BE CAREFUL...TELL YOUR KIDS TO BE CAREFUL...WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO...BYE FOR NOW..LOVE TO ALL FROM MARGARET AND ROSS.

NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT PIC........L..TO..R..CAROL,TONY,PAUL,ROS...IN FRONT BOB AND RON.THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN ABOUT SEVENTEEN YEARS EARLIER

WHAT A DIFFERENCE,A DAY MAKES...GOD I LOVE THIS.

I SEE BLOGGER,HAS CHANGED THINGS AROUND ON ME,BUT YOU'LL WORK IT OUT