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Tessa Gwynne

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Here’s my childhood memories pic of growing up in Cardiff in the 60s and 70s! Obviously the sun always shone and we played outdoors most of the time, cricket in the road ( not many cars then!), tennis, hopscotch, hula hoop, marbles etc.. the car is my dads Morris 8 which I learned to drive in, and the lighthouse is at Roath Park Lake, one of my favourite places and about a mile from where we lived. The lighthouse is a memorial to captain Scott who sailed to the Antarctic from Cardiff in 1910.

Margaret Nisbet

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lovely memory painting Tessa!  I'm seriously impressed - do not think I could do anything purely from memory - may have a go (on the other hand, I may not!)

Tessa Gwynne

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Thanks Margaret. Do have a go! Must admit I had to look up the car for the detail.
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That is wonderful, Tessa, so many childhood memories to view. I can remember having to put on my best clothes when mam took me on a Christmas shopping trip to Cardiff. So different, these days. Smashing work :) I'll have a look through the family album and have a go. My parents not being able to afford holidays during the school holidays, walking the hills and stopping for a picnic was the thing to do, and they made it a fun adventure.

Tessa Gwynne

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Thank you Carol. Ah yes, picnics which included sand sandwiches at the beach!

Margaret Nisbet

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Remember the sandy sandwiches!  Also, goosebumps and windbreaks.   and picnics in the car because it was either 2 wet, cold or windy to sit out

Sylvia Evans

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Brilliant Tessa.  It’s all there .
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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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One of my strongest childhood memories is having tangerines for the first time. My dad was in the RAF and we were living in Germany in 1954 food was still on rationing. One of the aircrew flew in from somewhere in the med and smuggled a couple of sacks of fruit for the kids Christmas party.  Never tasted as good since, I dare say the sacks were bigger than the one I’ve painted. I’ve been lucky  to have spent my childhood living in Germany, France and Cyprus, lots of fun mostly playing cowboys and Indians, and of course war games.

Linda Drury

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Really bringing back memories with your postings Tessa and Paul, we used to go to Scarborough each year for our holiday's, donkey rides, swing boats, boat trips on the "Caronia" a trip up to the top of the lighthouse and building sand castles, Gala Land the list is endless !!

Tessa Gwynne

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Amazing what we remember isn’t it! Lovely tangerines Dixie, and  great experience for a child growing up in different countries.

Sylvia Evans

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Well here we go.  I made the challenge and contributed nothing.  So this is a very ,very rapid 20 min sketch of me at about ten years old  I was and still am a book worm.  This is a very odd shaped dog..,my Whiskey.  Though I did this with Pinot Grigio by my side listening to a bit off that Beethoven person .  Good music to slap the crayon on to .  Not one that will appear on the gallery . Lol. 

Tessa Gwynne

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Ah, little pigtail girl, looks a picture of contentment!
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