This photo isn't from 1969...but it shows Grandpa and Grandma, their children Audrey, Bob, Dennis and Ruth at their home on E 22nd Avenue in Vancouver BC. (circa 1954 or 1955)
Here is some more of my Grandma's notebook from December 1969 and her memorable trip to England and Wales.
"Sunday Dec 14, 1969
Bad weather, very windy and raining and the jets going over our house, one plane a minute on account of airport. Bad weather conditions, awful noisy here. House cold as a barn but have electric heater and blanket in bed still cold. Only one fire place in house. Three bedrooms upstairs. 50 miles an hour wind. Slept on and off all day Sunday until 6:45 pm."
Poor Grandma must have had jet leg!
"Wednesday Dec 17, 1969
At Violet's. Cold. Snowing.
Phoned Isabel (Gordon) but poor contact, missed her."
"Friday Dec 19, 1969
Went to Hampton Court to visit house. Wonderful place. Cost me 4 shillings bus fare then went by train to Kensal Rise to Elynor's. Cost me 1/6d train fare. Very cold house, drafty. Elynor pays 4 pounds a week rent. Used to be 10 shillings a week and 9d for gas. I'll be glad to be home again. Too cold in these houses."
I believe Elynor must refer to Grandpa's sister, Ellen. Her first name was Elizabeth, but she was known by her middle name. I don't know of any other Elynor in the family. Grandma always misspelled names! Elynor is Eleanor.
This is a 2015 Google map snip showing 28 Pember Road where Eleanor and her daughter lived for a while according to the voter's lists which I've found on Ancestry.
The above list is from 1953. This is located in Kensal Rise, so it may have been where Grandma visited, if Eleanor still lived there.
Edited by Loretta Williams Houben
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