Off to South America

Ola ! Tomorrow I'm off to South America for a month. Who knows when I'll next be able to post anything?
Adios.

Oh wait a sec. I just need to say what an absolute joy it is to travel with electrical devices that need recharging. In Chile, power sockets have two different configurations, and in Ecuador there's a third standard. So my backpack will be weighed down with three types of adaptors. There's no room for clothes or books sadly.

Two Generations Ago

Demonstrating that tennis skills have long been in my family, here's my grandmother playing in the 1930s. Her serving style is quite impressive.

She's at St Barnabas Church in West Leederville. Looking at google maps, it seems that this court has been built over although the church survives. Bastards ! They should have demolished the church and kept the tennis.

Three Generations Ago

Here's Beatrice Baxter, daughter of Thomas, in 1907. She's my great-grandmother. Her husband was in the army and they moved to India.

Four Generations Ago

Meet Thomas Baxter, my great-great-grandfather. Born in about 1850, he managed a farm in Huntingdonshire. His dog was born in about 1917 and liked to lick people, and often stole pies.

Leederville Water Delivery

Scanning an old family photo album today, this one interested me more than most. From 1912, it's one of the first water supply trucks in Leederville. My mum's family lived in the neighbourhood back then (and some of them still do), so I presume they received their drinking water from these guys.