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lovely jobs and translations of the original photo.  I came across an old postcard of the engine by accident when I was looking for my family.  Unfortunately the colour doesn't come across too clearly but I thought the owner of the original photo might like to see the train as others saw it.

 http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/p-postcards/anlaby-road.htm

It's very sad when they die & none of their rellies knows how to access the tree.  I was fortunate enough that the son of a link to my tree knew his father's GR password & made contact with all his father links to let us know he'd passed on.

aw Niksmum and Saddles - what lovely pictures.  I'm surprised I like them so much because I thought I'd prefer the original black and white.

I appreciate you taking the trouble to change my mind - thank you so much

Rena

Hi Irene,
Sorry if I gave that impression, the black & white photo is fine.  I was walking down memory lane and trying to describe what type of woollen materials were available.  Those were the days when you had to hang the unfinished cotton or woollen garment up for about a week before you decided on the length because the material stretched with the weight.

We're fair skinned, blue eyed; Gordon's 2.1/4 and I'm 3 yrs old so we both still had blondish hair at the time but his had darkened by the time he was 5 whereas mine was still blonde until I was 10    He must have had a reddish element because I remember as a little boy he developed freckles which weren't evident as a tot.   I can't get over how white our faces are compared to the rest of our skin - I'm presuming the arc light had something to do with it.

lol at 'cute' - I've never seen a tot who wasn't cute.

Cheers,
Rena

Hi Mozza,

Thanks for the colour addition and well done for figuring out what was what.   The white dangling cords are the ties for her red woollen hat which she's pulled down off her head.   She's wearing a thick knitted cardigan and the dark thing between her & her father is not a brown cuddly toy but shadows caused by the patterned shapes in her homemade cardigan.   slap my wrist for not putting her in colour co-ordinating clothes lol

Much obliged,
Rena