Tuesday, February 09, 2016

Take One Haystack

Young women nowadays probably have more photographic images of themselves than at any time before. And often these pictures are very glamorous. The hair will be just so, the make up impeccable, the duck pout and Victoria Beckham hand on hip pose perfected.

It was all so different in their grandmothers' day. Back then when the camera came out girls tidied their hair, took off their aprons, grabbed their best chum and headed for the nearest stack of hay. For everyone had one - the perfect backdrop to to a beautiful snapshot.


Pearlie with her arm round Maggie Mitchell. Photo taken in the 1940s.


Aunt Sadie and friend. Also 1940s.

2 comments:

Brig said...

So enjoy old pictures, they often speak of simpler times.

Nelly said...

I have a theory that our photographs become more interesting as time passes. And - if they don't - we should bin them.