I visited a relative last year who showed me photos of my Mum, Dad, Brother and myself, taken some 50 years ago. In fact there would be dozens of shots.
These are images that I don't have, and not likely to ever see again.
They are of no use to this adopted person, however his wife gets a lot of pleasure from retaining these and making sure that close relatives don't get them. She has mentioned this to me, which I found distasteful to say the least.
One story which was related to me by the adopted relatives wife, was that a photo of one of my aunts' late husband who was killed during the first world war. This is a portrait of my uncle in army uniform, and is spectacular to say the least. The request by my 93 year old aunt was turned down out of spite by this women that I mentioned, who did not even know the soldier.
Is this mean spirited, or just me being sensitive to the images of another, being in the wrong hands.
2007-12-21
22:52:33
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