Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: party

Gathered around the table - here's what would have been on it (like many English birthday tables) in addition to the birthday cake: Jelly (jello) Little triangle sandwiches - cheese and tomato sauce (ketchup) marmite (yummmm - no Am. equiv) and meat paste (no known American equivalent) Pastry Cheese straws Cheese Boats (little rolls with a sail made out of a triangle of processed cheese on a toothpick Tizer (um, orange soda is probably the closest) Ribena (no equiv) Anybody English think of anything else? Me looking like an elf with a barrette (slide) above my ear, behind me is Patrick, then Nicholas, Gill, Ruth (looking apprehensive) and Janet and Rosemary in the foreground.

Classic English party clothes - dresses with petticoats, hair ribbons and a few angora boleros. I'm wearing a broderie anglais dress with a red velvet ribbon threaded through the collar that I absolutely loved - made for me by a family friend. It's a shame it's out of focus. 23 Woodlands Avenue, Rayleigh, Essex, England. April, 1959 Back Row, L to R: Janet Hall, Pauline Cox, Rosemary Newman, Gill Cox, Frances Brown Middle Row L to R: Ruth Brown, Diane Hall, Linda Whiting Front Row L to R: Me, Patrick McCarthy and my brother Nicholas

My father and Uncle Maurice were off to the U.S. and this was one of several "going away" parties. L to R: Maureen?, Gwynn, Doreen, Charlie Whiting, Eve Whiting. Rayleigh, Essex, England. 1964

Brought forward for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of "There's one in every crowd." "The one" here being my Dad - a not uncommon occurrence. The Lundbechs, the Browns, the Coxs, the Laceys, Charlie Whiting, (was this taken by Eve Whiting?), the Halls and some others. About 1962. A little bit of Rayleigh, Essex, history.