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...and how I found an image of my mother in colour that was black and white!

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Dad and Sheila with relative on a hill...could be Dombashawa! Black and white picture of Mom in 1943 Anne on a beach in Cape Town +/- 1952 Dad in Scotland 1943 Formidible looking relative Cape Town 1900's L-R Andrew, Ian,  Mom and Anne The Scottish side. The Gill children. Harare Cathedral started in 1913 so this picture is  19.......? Dad about 1938/39 in Harare before going to Britain fly in WW2 Mom in bookshop where she worked in 1980's   Dad behind the bloke in front......Harare1935/6? Tim and Gillian looking about 15 or 16? Mom...1960's ? Cathy and Mouse late 70's early 80's

...the past continues to haunt the future...as it should.....

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Early 20's in Scotland......bloke fourth from the left is my Scottish grandfather  Gill.  Spitfire...like my Dad flew. Velebit Section, Templeton Ranch, Banket, Zimbabwe. Road leading in from the left took you past the water reservoir and onto the house that sat between two kopies the other fork took you to the tobacco barns and grading sheds. The building between the barns and the house was where the tractors were kept. The picture must have been taken by my father after he left farming, took his private pilots licence and started crop spraying. Velebit was the last farm that he worked on as a manager.  Dad with the typical Zimbabwean colouring....tanned head and lower arms  and the rest.......pale. On the Estoril beach, Beira, Mozambique. South African pilots in UK during WW2 Granddad and Granny Rogers, Harare Zimbabwe...1930's? Me...1982/3 Brixton Hill Steve, Isolde and Em...Devon....late 80's Scotland..early

...and so the scanning of the past continues.

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Dad (far left) and two friends outside Harare Anglican Cathedral probably early 1940's Looking thoughtful Strange cut out of Dad at Prince Edward School, Harare, mid/late 1930's Swimming in bilharzia free river early 1930's  Dad, Sheila, Gran and Grandad Grandad Gill in Scotland with Stan in a wheelbarrow. Mid 1940's Mom around 1943 Dad I think is the kid with the tanned legs in the middle. Granny Gill? with Anne, unknown and Mom. Scottish Family outing. Mom is the bundle with a fur hat next to older brother Ian or Andrew. Anne is the other kid in a fur hat further back.  I am assuming that the two adults in the front are Gran and Grandad Gill.....who the rest are is anyones guess! Dad with pooch on bike. Harare . He looks about 17.  The Gill kids. Ian, Andrew, Anne and Mom. Mid 1930's Scotland. The two middle kids look