Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: scanned

I happened to have already scanned this image a few years ago and thought I'd use it today, to wish everyone who celebrates Christmas a very happy day. Me, many, many years ago (lol!), wearing homemade, flannel pyjamas and clutching one of my Teddy bears. Merry Christmas, everyone! Here, our temperature on Christmas morning is -19C (windchill -29C). Extreme cold warnings are in effect for Alberta. The forecast for "a few flurries" has changed, so sunshine should be here to stay all day. There is too much snow on the ground already, so we don't need any more.

I always look forward each year to when the new Canadian Chinese New Year stamps come out. As you can see, the actual stamp is just the left hand portion. What you can't see is that the snake's head uses "sculpted embossing" and is a shiny "gold" finish. I was going to post this image vertically, but for some reason just couldn't get the text to do what I wanted it to : )

I thought this was a wonderful old family photo to have - just wish I knew who each person was! My brother had written many names on the backs of old photos that were left to me last year, but unfortunately this one had nothing written on the back of the cardboard. I think that the lady - 6th from left, back row - is probably my paternal Great Grandmother, Charlotte Ann Gell, and the man - standing in the back row, 7th from left - is probably my paternal Great Grandfather, George Bassindale Gell. Individual photos of them are in my Old Family Photos set. I'm guessing that the young couple being married could be my paternal Grandparents, Albert Elijah Bassindale and Alice Gladwell Carden. Just daren't spend much time on this at the moment, as I have other more urgent things to see to : ( Thanks, Art! Will add the link here, ready for when I have more time. www.red1st.com/axholme/familygroup.php?familyID=F271749&a...

I had no idea that my father ever had a motorbike, lol, so imagine my surprise when I came across this photo of him amongst the old family photos that I received from England a few months ago! That's a sidecar on the far side. He and my mother cycled for many years and I have endless photos of them with their bikes - but a motorbike, ha? This is so unlike the father I knew : ) I moved away from England to live overseas when I was 22 years old and so missed out on family talks and sharing of my parents' lives. Very sad, but it happens to many people when family members move away. The main thing I remember about him is that he LOVED photography (not as a professional) and was an exceptional photographer (according to others). I also have the best memories of all the times my parents took my brother and me out into the countryside around Birmingham, UK, at the weekends, on our bikes. My mother loved wildflowers and instilled this love in me, too. My father was passionate about photography and I guess that's where I get it from : )

This old family photo amuses me and is a reminder of how important photography was in my father's life. There is no date on the back of the photo and I'm not sure if this was taken before or after I was born. (Later: this magazine issue came out in June 1939.) Vera Kathleen Bassindale (nee Neal), 1914 -1998 Tom Carden Bassindale, 1907 - 1976 They were married on 4th June 1938. Thanks to George (Dixon), I now have the following information: US edition; 25cents. June 1939. Bette Davis. Photoplay did not have its own publication in the UK until 1950. www.moviemags.com/main.php?title=PHOTOPLAY&amp ; etos=1939 "Photoplay first appeared in 1912, but was not initially successful. However, when James Quirk took over editorial duties in 1914 he implemented changes that would make Photoplay the top film magazine, one which by 1922 would boast a circulation of over two million." From collectingoldmagazines.com . The origin of the surname "Bassindale" from www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bassindale

This is my maternal Grandmother, Emma Neal (nee Billingsley) with two of her children. The tiny baby on the left is my mother (Vera Kathleen Neal) and that's her brother (C. Richard or Roger Neal) on her right. Needless to say, I shudder at the sight of all those furs! I know I have lots of information on my mother's family, but searching through it all will have to wait for a time when I am less busy - if that day ever comes, ha! Emma Billingsley married George Frederick Neal at St. James, Edmonton, Middlesex, U.K, on 27th December 1890. His father was Edward Neal (? - 1900, buried in Yardley Cemetery?). They had at least 8 children: 1. George Edward ("Ted"), born 24th November 1891 2. Rowland Arthur ("Arthur", born 21st July 1898 3. Gordon Ernest, born 17th October 1901, in Malaya 4. Edna Dorothy ("Dolly"), born 27th March 1904, in Malaya 5. Leslie (?) 6. Beatrice Adelaide ("Billie"), born 14th August 1908, in Malaya 7. Clement Roger ("Dick"), born April-September 1913, in Malaya 8. Vera Kathleen (my mother), born 8th May 1914 in Handsworth at 65, Thornbury Road (baptized on 20th November 1915 at St. Mary's, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya). Died December 1998 in Birmingham, UK. In the early 1920s, the family lived at 67, Bluff Road, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. George Frederick Neal was Master at Arms, Federated Malay States Police Force. There is a fascinating connection with William Somerset Maugham's short story, "The Letter", which was also made into a movie, starring Bette Davis. My maternal Grandfather was the person who examined the gun that was used in the real life shooting. This shooting incident caused a sensation in Malaya. viweb.freehosting.net/proudlock.htm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Proudlock_case

A very old photo, taken from high up along the Shell camp, looking out over the Shell elementary school, over the narrow ridge of mountains to the Gulf of Oman. This is where we lived for six years, in pretty much the hottest place on earth, LOL!

This is a typical view in the Interior of Oman, seen sometime between 1972 and 1978. An old tower, an old shelter, mountains and sandy desert. We only very rarely managed to take a trip into the Interior, but I loved it there. With the dreadful heat plus three very young children (the youngest born in that country), it was never an easy thing to do, to travel inland. I remember it like it was yesterday, though.

Yes, a very out-of-place photo to be seen on my photostream, LOL, tucked in between the flowers and the birds. I was browsing a few photos on my hard drive, deleting quite a few that I had once thought looked OK, and happened to come across this very, very old one that I had scanned ages ago. Decided to add it to my Middle and Far East Set. I know I have the definite location somewhere, but don't want to spend the time searching now - I should be getting on with the rest of my overseas Christmas letters! However, I believe I took this at The Fort (?) in Agra, India, back in 1967. We spent four days in that country en route from a short leave in England out to Borneo, where we were going to live..

I came across this scan that I made ages ago and sent it to my daughters a few days ago. Last night, I decided that I would upload it to Flickr to give you all a little smile and chuckle. My eyes are blue, by the way, not rather green like they look in this very, very old photo : ) I was told many years later that I was very lucky to have a colour photo of myself, as colour photography was just becoming available when I was around three years old, and my father must have been one of the first to use it. I still remember all those decorations, though I haven't seen them for dozens of years. Happy Christmas, everyone!