Here's Ros when she was in her early 20's. Ros got glasses when she was 12. We all wanted glasses. Lucky Ros. I remember having an old pair of mum's glasses without the lenses. That would do! This would be around the time when we all had permed hair. Ros' looks really nice in this pic. Quite soft. Which reminds me... I look forward to seeing a picture of Ros in her new hair. Long? short? Dark? Fair?
Do not adjust your glasses. It is really blurry. But it is a symbol of childhood days, Sandringham, a stay at home mother and 2 of her many children . Ros was always a pretty robust child. Outdoorsy. She had several regular friends as a kid. She invented "The Rose Club" which she would not let me be a member of! When I peeped through the Playhouse window, they were in there - making soap. Jars of slimy soap. I was envious. Wished I could have made jars of slimy soap too. Ah the Rose Club. Ros decorated a sign to hang on the door of the Playhouse. Ros played sport, and she did outdoorsy stuff! Ros learnt the piano from Molly Herbert. But she got "dismissed" because she was honest enough to say that she hadn't practiced. Ros was a perfectionist when it came to sewing. Mrs Gibbs at Sandy East didn't believe that Ros had hand sewn her "apron" hem, and so she made Ros unpick the whole thing because she insisted that Ros had used a sewing machine to stitch it. Something jumps up inside me - it's like the gross injustices of "The Shawshank Redemption". You feel like REVENGE!!Ah! In those days old people seemed so old. They probably weren't though. They were probably our age. And WE"RE REALLY YOUNG!!!
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