This is me with my parents and brother on holiday in America in 1986. I think this picture was taken in Gerlach, Nevada. Father Hand had friends there from when he'd spent time in Nevada supporting the land speed record attempt in ...1983? I was a bit young then, I forget the exact date.
I have an album of family pictures that I made some time in my teen years but this picture isn't in it. I rescued it from Nanny Hand's flat when she passed away, she had it in a frame. It stirs a complicated memory in me, which is that this was a fun and happy day, we'd had a good time playing with the kids of my dad's friends, my mum had that t-shirt on that we all thought was really fun. Then we had someone take our picture and, at the last minute, I decided to pose like this. Mother Hand told me off. It was something like, '...one nice picture...you always have to show off...' This would explain why I hadn't seen it in so long and why my grandparents had it framed but it wasn't in our family box of pictures.
I can see why she'd be annoyed, I mean, look at my scrunched up face! But I was having a fun day and I was feeling flouncy, but I wasn't after.
This may not be true, of course. We are talking 40 years ago and memories are funny things. But I keep it just within eyesight because it is precious to have a picture with Father Hand, with the whole fam in fact.
1 comment:
I love the photo. I guess it depends what you want out of the photo but I love thta you can see a bit of your personality.
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