For Sepia Saturday this week I would have liked to write about shoemaking, cordwaining, bootmaking and cobbling as an occupation because I have ancestors who earned their livings doing just that, and so did my husband. But, I don't have any family photos of them working at their trade. I'll have to leave that for another day when I feel up to writing an essay.
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| c1963. My younger siblings and me, ready for school, wearing our laced-up school shoes that dad was skilled at repairing. This photo makes me laugh. I have no head and John has half a head. Mum could have stepped a little closer!! Maybe we were in haste because the school bus was due. |
I would have liked to write about my father mending our shoes because he could, and to save money of course. But I don't have any photos and I'm wondering if dad still has his last in his shed so I'll save that for another day as well.
So, instead, I'm taking another element from the theme photo and posting some tinted photos I have in my collection of found photos. All of them are postcards.
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| Miss Lily Elsie, an actress. |
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| Maggie Gooney |
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| Post Office, Balmain, Sydney |
It will be interesting to see what others have chosen to do this week over at Sepia Saturday.
