Lizzie - photo taken early 1950s |
She was born in 1902 and died in 1997.
She and my Granda had a hard life, but they were wonderful people.
As I was looking at these photos recently, I noticed her handbag and had a rummage to find where I had put it. I was given this handbag to play with when I was young. I loved it because it made me feel grownup and the horse emblem used to be quite shiny.
I would polish it when I was polishing my Brownie badge!
I hope one day (God willing) to have a grand-daughter that I can pass the bag on to. I will also give her the photograph and tell her lovely stories about my Gran.
My lovely Gran! |
Love, Liz
I was going to call this post "The Old Bag", but I thought that perhaps someone would not read it through and think the old bag was my Gran. She'd have had something to say about that! (ha ha)
4 comments:
So nice that you have these pictures of your lovely grandparents and also your grandmother's handbag.
And that you played with the bag is such a lovely memory !
Your remark at the end makes me smile, my husband sometimes teases me and calls me an old bag :-)
Nice weekend, Liz !
Sylvia
It's lovely that you have your Gran's handbag from the photo, she looks lovely. Life really is all about happy memories x Were you named after her?
Have a good weekend x
Thanks for your comments - yes, I was named after both my Grannies - Elizabeth Margaret.
Royal names too ... !
Liz
Ha! Old Bag! I think that would have been funny! But you're grandma was a beautiful woman. How nice that her purse brings back fond memories for you. Isn't it strange how mementoes can do that?
-Pam
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