Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: English

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

Leyton, London. 1948. There is a door in the fence (hard to see) that opened up to a steep drop down to the Allottment - a large area of public land that is still being gardened. The garden shown here was shared with the downstairs neighbors.

Nana, my mother's stepmother, taken from the upstairs back window. 1948. 79 Seymour Road, Leyton, London. At the very end of the little path on the left is the door to the Allottment.