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The heat wave of 1963 in Standish.(28th July)
The heat wave of 1963 in Standish.(28th July)
Photo: Barrie.
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Item #: 30671
Sunday afternoon scene of relaxing with the "Old folk"My parents and aunt& uncle on our back garden in Standish.It was a very hot day and lasted a week!
Now I have got to that age.

Comment by: Poet on 28th July 2018 at 12:40

Majestic photo Barrie. Wonder what the headlines in the paper said.

Comment by: Veronica on 28th July 2018 at 13:12

What a great photo - life as it was - wonder what they said when they saw the developed photo! Much nicer seeing the family as they were than a 'posed' photo really.

Comment by: DTease on 28th July 2018 at 14:34

Hi there pop pickers! A bit of scandal in the News of the World and The Top Twenty with Allan Freeman on the "Trannie". Just what was needed after the terrible winter of 62\63.

Comment by: Garry on 28th July 2018 at 16:05

Nice photo from a time when Sunday was peace and quiet and time stood still. At first I thought the lady was reading the Wigan Observer, then I thought can't be, the Observer at that time was a real arm stretch.

Comment by: Veronica on 28th July 2018 at 16:09

Barrie none of us thought we would get to that age but it comes to us all! It's a shock when we realise we have turned into our mam's and dads!

Comment by: Veronica on 28th July 2018 at 16:35

Barrie: 'Mam - what times tea, I have 't' be out for 7.'
Mam: 'Yer 've only just had yer dinner- give me a bit o'peace for 5 minutes
will yer'!
Hope you don't mind Barrie!

Comment by: Martin on 28th July 2018 at 17:00

What a brilliant picture

Comment by: Jarvo on 28th July 2018 at 17:08

Sunday evening...listening to Pick of the Pops?

Comment by: Linma on 28th July 2018 at 17:11

No matter how hot the weather the ladies always wore their girdles and stockings, they must have been so hot.

Comment by: DTease on 28th July 2018 at 18:54

It may have been hot Barrie but it wasn't hot enough to tempt the lad at the back to take his coat and cap off.

Comment by: Veronica on 28th July 2018 at 22:00

I remember my mam always took her corsets off and hung them on the back of a chair at night! They were an ugly pink colour with bones in them... I think she got them from a shop in Scholes called Liveseys.

Comment by: Eric on 29th July 2018 at 08:50

Remember down your way on the radio Sunday evening,think it came on about 5 oclock

Comment by: Barrie on 29th July 2018 at 13:33

Folks, I am glad this photo has produced positive comments about a bygone era-the swinging 60's (or the start of it).
Veronica, you were nearly correct in the earlier comment, I did go out after 7pm and the result can been seen in #30669 photo. My Uncle always kept his cap on where ever he was, I think it a throwback to his youth in the early 1920's when it was the fashion in those days -my Dad used to wear one in his late teens/early 20's. The radio could be tuned to the Down your way as the photo was taken just before 5pm. Our garden was large in comparison to the rest of the Grove.The shadows were from 2 large Sycamore Trees on the edge of the lawn. I built a tree house in one of them in the late 50's.

Comment by: Maureen on 29th July 2018 at 13:43

My Dad would sit in our back yard as soon as the sun came out,he just loved it,but my Mam stayed indoors..she was olive skinned to start off with,and would go really dark in the sunshine,in fact she would go dark even indoors.wish they were here now...this scene has a nice atmosphere.

Comment by: Veronica on 29th July 2018 at 15:14

I have looked for the photo Barrie but nothing has popped up!

Comment by: Barrie on 29th July 2018 at 16:03

DTease/Garry the Sunday Express Mum would be reading.The other paper would be The Sunday Post (Scottish). The NOTW was not allowed in our household-Mum banned it and that was in 1961 after I started working. Do papers get banned in households now in the 21st Century?

Comment by: Barrie on 29th July 2018 at 19:53

Veronica, look in Places-Arley Hall and #30669 is there. "the lone fisherman"

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