#52Ancestors 2025 Week 2 - Favourite Photo
Both my Grandfathers playing Cricket This was taken at a cricket match in Balfour Road Brighton around 1950's it will be before the end of 1954 as that is when my maternal Grandfather died. A bit of background. My Mum and Dad started "walking out" when they were both 15, the families got on well and there are lots of pictures like the one below showing both my Mum and Dad's families together on days out so to see both Grandfathers in the same photo I didn't consider unusual But I digress I had never thought overly much about the Cricket photo, it was just one of many family pictures in my Mum's albums. Well, it was just that, until many years ago now my mother-in-law (to be, at the time) brought out lots of family pictures as they do and low and behold she produced the identical picture ! Not only did the picture have my maternal and paternal Grandfathers in it kneeling right next to my maternal Grandfather is my husbands paternal Grandfather too! My...