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Jacqueline Budd

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Many friends have asked me if I ever had any art training (no, I’ve only very recently started artistic endeavours) or artists in the family. Whilst I knew my father could wield a pencil, that was as far as I knew of any familial artistic bent. Until today. I was having a clear out & happened across a bag of my Uncle’s possessions, who passed many years ago. I’ve poked my nose into this bag before, never really got beyond family photos and it’s a little too painful to spend much time in there. This time, I ignored the photos and looked in various document envelopes, which included newspapers from 1934. And an envelope addressed to me which I’d not seen before. Inside this envelope was a sketchbook. There isn’t a name, nor any of the sketches signed. There is a drawing of a lady, annotated ‘My Wife 23/7/23’ so I guess this belonged to my grandfather. I thought I’d share a few of the sketches, perhaps the creator would be pleased to have his work seen on such a mysterious platform as the internet..... thank you grandfather, not gone, just out of sight.

Denise Cat

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What a lovely story and how wonderful, having something from a time gone by, from your grandfather, that you can appreciate and share with us here today. Beautiful sketches, I really enjoyed looking at them. Thanks.

Katy Dean

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That is such a wonderful find Jacqueline, priceless!
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Nerys B

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Wow, Jacqueline, that is brilliant you found this. What a great piece of family history find you have in that sketch book, you must be thrilled. A couple of years ago something similar happened to me when i found within my Granny's documents and photo's a postcard written to her from my granddad that i never knew, it was written from the front in France over 100 years ago!  To see his writing and read his words was amazing and very moving. So i know a little of how you must feel about finding this.

Tessa Gwynne

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How wonderful Jacqueline (and Nerys) to come across such finds after so long, amazing and so personal. Lovely.
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Lewis Cooper

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Amazing and wonderful, like a lost message from the past.  Finding old photos is great but written messages and a sketchbook are far more personal.
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Linda Wilson

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How wonderful!  I found a letter from my grandmother's  brother who died in WWI.  It must be the last letter that he wrote.  Very moving even though it was only about the weather. but a sketchbook is special!
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Gillian Cooke

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Wonderful surprise for you, photos are a great find but drawings, letters etc mean so much more. 

Sylvia Evans

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How very special Jacqueline,  and lovely drawings as well. 

Jacqueline Budd

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Thanks to everyone for the lovely comments, they make the find even more special.