My Sepia Saturday Post for this week.

Sepia sat.

The prompt for me this month means I once again feel left out in family photos.
Should I make it about my hurt feelings or deck chairs.
I should probably explain.

My Mom and Dad, my brother and myself came to America in 1956 aboard the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner. Something I am extremely proud of.
It was towards the end of era of the great liners.

I have kept much of the family stuff from that trip; luggage tags, luggage, postcards, menus, etc.
 We even have some photos.

 You see, my brother has not really ever been bothered to much about keeping family history, and thats okay I guess. The thing that gets me is that while not caring about that kind of stuff, he appears in many more photos of our history than I do.

Look, here he is in a deck chair on the Queen Elizebeth.

 Look, here he is in front of the one of the stacks, allowed to stand by himself.




















And here he is with dad in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Finally! One, small, photo of ME!






















Maybe I should make it about deck chairs.

 My brother in a deck chair.

 Mom and dad in a deck chair.

 A Yorkshire aunt in a deck chair.

 Two Yorkshire aunts and an uncle and cousins in or around deck chairs.

London Aunt and Uncle in deck chairs.

Oh, wait, one of me in a deck chair.

I feel better now.

My Sepia Saturday for this week.

This weeks prompt suggests a crowded dining hall to me, so that is what I am going with. . .
and also a mystery.

Over the last several weeks I have been scanning old family photos. Most I can name, some I need help with.
Like all old photos that were taken many years ago, by people known or unknown who now may have passed, some will go untitled for ever.

However, last week is was lucky with the picture to the left.
In with some of my aunts photos was this photo of the Mauretania.
One of the stars of the White Star line, built I believe around 1938.
Nothing on the back to indicate why it was amongst my aunts photos.

Doing some family research last week I came across an old boarding list that listed my uncle and two of his sons having travelled on the Mauretania on a return trip to England in 1952. One mystery solved.

Which brings us to this weeks
 Sepia Sat. choice picture.

Also amongst my aunts photos was this photo of a gathering. And once again, nothing written on the back.
Not sure if it is England of the USA.


Well, I guess I still have my work cut out for me.

And once that one is done, I have yet to do this one.
My moms family are Yorkshire people, but I know of no one who worked at a sugar plant there.

'the Game is Afoot!"

My contribution to this weeks Sepia Saturday

 I chose to think of this weeks image as suggesting pretending to be in something that wasn't real but representing something real and taking a photo.

This on is about 1955, seaside somewhere near Yorkshire, with my brother in the front.

They are all pretending to be in a 'canoe'.

 My mom in dark jumper, with her sister up front.

Seem group as the first one but other side.

Sepia Sat.

My late contribution to Sepia Saturday

 For many years my Grandfather and Uncle worked for Cochran and Sons ship builders in Selby England.

I never really knew either but mom always talked about the job they did.

Grandfather was a blacksmith and my uncle was a fitter.

The ship yard closed down in the early 90's.

 These rather large ocean going tugs were built pretty far inland on the River Ouse.

There house was only a short walk to the shipyard.

But keeping more with the photo theme, in 2010 we had the pleasure of canal cruising for a week in England and Wales.

Sepia sat.