Tuesday, May 24, 2011

a blast from the past

evening all!
how are you all? hope you're well:) today i had my 8/11th gcse which was english literature which went well :) i wrote 16 sides of a4 though haha, i know i always write ridiculous amounts so i'm hoping that it pays off! my school is pretty good though because we get study leave so now i only have to go in for exams which is fab :) 
today over dinner, conversation about my mugshot of a passport photo came up which then meant janelle went and fished out the whole family's new and old passport photos! this for me, was a really big discovery because my mum was born in barbados and there are few pictures of her from before she was about 19. but today i saw her passport photo from when she was only 13! similarly for my dad, today i saw his fresh 13 year old passport photo for the first time and it really was a blast from the past!
then i went around the house and found some old photos of my whole family, so today isn't really about fashion but i thought i'd just share them with you :) enjoy!
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mum aged 22, and 13 on the right. mum looks so caribbean in the younger photo! this is totally where i get my eyebrows from, next time you see a photo of me and you can see my eyebrows, they're identical to my mum's in the photo on the right!
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dad, aged 18 and 13 on the left. this is where i get my cheeks from :P dad was so so cute! he was milk monitor and best boy in primary and then again in secondary. seriously, dad was appointed milk monitor! how cute!
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mum 37, and dad 24. i've seen this photo of my mum before and i think she looks beautiful in it :) she's one of the only women i've seen who can pull of bald :P and seeing this picture of my dad is so strange because he looks so young! i only ever remember by dad being 35+ so seeing this is like.. wow :)
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me on the left, and marcel on the right. he was such a cutie :P this was his second birthday, i was 7 months :D i know i look a bit confused, i was sucking my thumb and mum took my thumb out my mouth for the picture :P
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janelle and siobhan in the infants :P loving siobhan's elephant clip :P

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dad used to read us a story every day before bed, and we'd all be wearing one of his tees. marcel, dad, me and janelle.
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this was when my mum had extentions, when we had the old montego car and when our heights actually went in age order. siobhan, janelle, me, mum and marcel.
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one of our many barbeques. we used to absolutely love satay sticks! :P this was when i was little and i decided i wanted locks but mum and dad didn't think it was a good idea to tie me into one hairstyle for my whole life, but mum let me try it for a little bit which is why we had the same hair :P me, siobhan, marcel, janelle and mummy :)

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mum, janelle and siobhan. siobhan looks exactly the same now :P mum looks so happy :) the reason there are other photos around is because i made a massive photo board thats about 1x2.5 meters for my mum on mothers day with hundreds of old photos :)
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janelle's bithday :) when our heights started levelling out because marcel didn't grow :P
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my birthday :D i always get the most presents without fail, always have and i always will ;)
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everyone knows this photo of me. yes i had a pot belly :p i enjoy my food okay! i enjoyed food more than wearing a top it seems :P
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baby siobhan and janelle :P
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we were never camera shy, as you can see *cough* siobhan :P

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marcel aged tiny. on the right he was enjoying cake in his high chair :P 
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on the left, i clearly remember this day. i crossed over the road and couldn't see my mum and i thought i was lost :P and on the right, marcel and i in a fire truck at nursury. 
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and lastly a few photos we took in a passport booth, back when you could take more than one photo on a strip. you'd be able to see the others if my head wasn't so big :P
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 hope you enjoyed the photos everyone! see you soon :) ronan xxx

14 comments:

  1. Cute family pictures. You were such a cute kid :)

    xx
    Heel in Mint

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  2. this is really cute. it's always lovely seeing pictures that carry so many memories and sentiment xxx

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  3. @a heel thanks haha :) xxx

    @vintage thank you :D yeah it really is!:) xxx

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  4. aww this is such a cute post :) xoxo

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  5. @arianne thank you :) xxx

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  6. So beautiful post honey! Love the pictures!

    Kisses xXx
    http://dailycatwalk.blogspot.com

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  7. omg this reminds me of my family photos back in the day!! lol arrrr this is such a beautiful thing to post!!

    OH and i was wondering if you received the leggings in the post yet?

    let me know

    xoxo

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  8. aaaaw! such lovely family photos! :-)
    and yes vintage stuff is the best!

    thanks for the comment on my blog :)
    XOXO, BECCA
    http://www.fashion-train.co.uk

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  9. love ths alot, its a fresh idea for blogging and brings in your personality. great post :)

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    Lydz xX

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  10. @michelle thank you!:) xxx

    @monzie haha yeah so many memories came back to me! :) thank you :) i'll send you a quick message :)xxx

    @tereza thanks! xxx

    @becca thank you :) agreed! xxx

    @lydz thank you i really appreciate it :) xxx

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  11. great photos and your mom is so pretty. Love your blog, as always :D

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  12. @florence thank you :D will do now! xxx

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