I was born and brought up in Cambridge, which is not that far away from London; although we did not go up to ‘the Smoke’ often, we did go there as children. My dad had taken photos since he was a boy, although we don’t’ have that many of them; he was interested in recording things, people, events, occasions and so when we went away or on holiday we would have a few black and white photos to record the occasion. He had a camera when he went to war, and we have many photos of his travels to Italy, Greece and North Africa, and a few of parachutists floating down from the sky… he was a paratrooper so I guess he landed, took out his camera and took some photos.
We recently went to London, to see the poppy field at the Tower, and we then walked into the city. We walked along the embankment towards Tower Bridge, and I spotted the old canons… it took me back to my childhood when we went to see the sights… Children these days aren’t allowed to pose like this!
Lois Elsden 