Faces on the wall

@JudyEv (340216)
Rockingham, Australia
June 9, 2020 7:46pm CST
We’ve been going through our photos and trying to reduce the number we have but it’s a tough call. I came across this one of my parents with a friend. But what is interesting is that the tea-towel behind them is one we had printed as a Christmas present. It is of our two boys. The calendar was only relevant for one year obviously and the date part has been covered with a current one. So the photo was taken pre-1987. The boys were born in 1972 and 1974. That calendar stayed on the wall for quite a few years.
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@RasmaSandra (79892)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jun 20
That is a wonderful photo of memories and your parents look so happy there.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
If it was 1987, Mum would have been 77 and Dad 73.
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@Deepizzaguy (102930)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jun 20
That is an amazing fact.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
Thanks for reading.
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@Deepizzaguy (102930)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv You are welcome.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jun 20
It's so nice to see old photos. They never fail to evoke memories.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv we also do that when I am checking the old pictures for archiving.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
@Alexandoy I think it does us good to go through our old photos from time to time.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
Yes, we have been talking a lot about old times.
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@sallypup (61157)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jun 20
You must keep that precious photo. There is a sweet story within a story there. Your parents look so happy.
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@sallypup (61157)
• Centralia, Washington
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv Your parents must have gotten married early.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
They do, don't they? Thanks. If it was 1987, it would have been their 50th wedding anniversary.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
It would have been the year of their golden wedding so maybe the friend was visiting at that time.
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• Agra, India
10 Jun 20
What an amazing double memory in one.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
I'd forgotten about ordering the tea-towel so long ago.
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• Agra, India
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv so that helped you in some way
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
10 Jun 20
Nice rememberence photo and well preserved memories.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
It's nice to have these photos to look back on.
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv that's nice
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Jun 20
no way have I ever been able to part with any of my photos even copies that I didn't get sent out You never know when one might get lost. Once a few yrs back a bunch got stolen from storage I imagine they was in something like a suitcase that someone just grabbed thinking they might want what was in it and they got tossed I cried for weeks. So much fun looking through them I think bet you loved the memories
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
12 Jun 20
@JudyEv yes thats what broke my heart .I figure when they saw just photos in it they threw them in the trash
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jun 20
It's been a real trip down Memory Lane going through our photos. I'm sorry some of yours got stolen. They'd mean nothing to anyone else.
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 20
Your mother surely loved that photo of your two boys.
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
11 Jun 20
@JudyEv Your mother had such a beautiful smile, she looked like a sweet, friendly and happy woman. The mother of my mom showed favouritism, one of my male cousin and I were among her favourite, it was a bit embarrassing.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
She did. Damian and one of my sister's boys were particular favourites of hers, not that she ever showed any favouritism.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
@LadyDuck Thankfully Mum treated all the grandchildren (7 boys) the same.
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@wolfgirl569 (106397)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jun 20
Those are wonderful pictures to find,
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@wolfgirl569 (106397)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv It is fun at least.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
It's been really interesting but it's slow work when you keep finding such photos.
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@TheHorse (218927)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Jun 20
Vary cool. Will you keep that picture?
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
Yes, we'll keep it. We're scanning some too so we have a digital record of them. The colour has faded from this one a bit.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
10 Jun 20
It's impossible for a grandparent or parent for that matter, to throw away any photos of their children or grandchildren. That a lovely photo. I'd keep it.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
10 Jun 20
@JudyEv Great attitude!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 20
We aren't throwing out much. If they mean nothing to our boys, they won't find it difficult to throw them when the time comes.
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@Shiva49 (26686)
• Singapore
10 Jun 20
These photos do bring back memories that lie otherwise hidden deep in us - siva
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
Hello Siva. Good to hear from you. I hope you are keeping safe and well.
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@Shiva49 (26686)
• Singapore
11 Jun 20
@JudyEv Thanks Judy, I am alright. Let me see whether I can be more active here soon - siva
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
14 Jun 20
@JudyEv That is very nice.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Jun 20
Thanks
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
14 Jun 20
@JudyEv You are welcome.
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
10 Jun 20
Great photo and memories to have!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
Thanks. It's been good going through these old photos.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Jun 20
@JudyEv I do that often.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
11 Jun 20
Lovely memory for you. I am trying to get rid of some photos too, but there are so many that I get tired and do not do much in one setting.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jun 20
We are trying to spend just half an hour a day on it. Like you, we find it quite draining but at least we are getting rid of a few.
• United States
11 Jun 20
What a great photo of your parents and the picture of your boys as well. Looking through old photos is lots of fun and brings back so many memories.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
It all seems so long ago now. I'm nearly as old as Mum was in that photo.
@Ronrybs (19348)
• London, England
11 Jun 20
I have never seen a one off print on a tea towel, but why shouldn't be!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jun 20
They seem to be able to stick a photo on anything nowadays. We took coffee mugs to Nepal with photos on. They already had some - not with the same photos of course but the technology was available there.
@LindaOHio (178877)
• United States
10 Jun 20
That's a great photo and one worth saving!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
It's especially nice as our sons are in the background. It probably wasn't necessarily planned that way.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
10 Jun 20
Similar calendars (if not the same ones) were made here at that time ... a nice memory
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
Such things become fashionable for a time, don't they?
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
11 Jun 20
@JudyEv Of course, everything changes over time and people, not only things, but is a beautiful memory certainly, it causes a smile
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@Elropk (38)
11 Jun 20
The photo is associated with many memories.
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Jun 20
That's true. It's nice to have these old photos.
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