Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Five Decades

This picture, taken in early 1958, is the author at a little tea shop across the river Conwy from the Pen-Y-Bont pub on Bridge Street, Llanrwst in Wales.

We were on holiday, either staying in Llanrwst or down the road in one of mum and dads favourite places at Betws-y-Coed.

I wasn’t impressed back then, but I am now, of the coachwork of these old prams.  The front part is hinged and I believe one of my earliest memories of this life was looking out through that portal when the hood was up.  In the picture I’m holding a star shaped rattle. What can’t be seen is the two point leather harness that was often used to hold seven month old babies captive in these tanks.

This was my best Winston Churchill impersonation.

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