so, do my mum and grandparents look like Brits ?

[Skittles]

1939, before granddad left for the war (including Dunkirk):

[hippywife]

1. I'm not sure but

your grandad looks like Fred McMurray.

[Skittles]

2. yeah

I remember thinking that when I was a teenager :D

[billyskank]

3. Well yeah, I guess

their house definitely looks British.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. The house certainly does look British....

Where did they live?

And I agree with hippywife that Skittles' grandfather looks like Fred McMurray. How did your mother turn out so blonde with two dark-haired parents?

[Skittles]

6. Martham England (near Great Yarmouth)

oh that house is hundreds of years old.....the hair? Oddly enough that pic doesn't nearly show the color of grandma's hair - it was screaming red....I am still blode at almost 50 but that could be because my dad was Norwegian

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. I know where Great Yarmouth is.

And I am another blonde whose parents both had dark hair.

We always said that we'd be surprised if one of the triplets turned out to be a blonde -- since both parents are brunettes. The laugh was on us, because there is a blond boy.

Go figure...recessive genes and all that.

[tjwmason]

19. Hundreds of years old?

By the looks of it, I would date it as a Victorian terrace - admittedly that's based on a small picture.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Did them shout "I WILL KICK YOUR ARSE!" all the time? (nt)

[Skittles]

8. grandma was barely five feet talll and everyone was afraid of her

yes INDEED!!!

[DS1]

7. Yes, actually

[GCP]

10. There must be something very British about posing on the back door step

Me, my brother and Dad sometime in 1954

[supernova]

11. The best light in the days before flash

:D

Lovely pics.

I don't know that they look especially "British" to me, in that they are more dressed up than we would be. Otherwise, I have the same types of photos in my collection. :-)

[GCP]

12. That was Dad's Sunday-best clothes

Otherwise he was a working man who biked to work in old overalls.

[Skittles]

18. cool picture!

oh I love black and whites :thumbsup:

[bertha katzenengel]

13. Skittles, that's such a great picture.

:bounce:

[Skittles]

17. yes it is!

that's not blown up either, pic is really that large

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

14. Indeed they do...it's the body language that gives them away

:D YOu come from a good looking family, Skittles...no wonder you are so damn good looking :D

[Skittles]

16. not a real touchy-feely family for sure

I'm really creeped out by the touchy-feely crowd. :o

[miss_kitty]

15. Definately

In fact I can't decide if it's your parenets or Godlesscommieprevert's parents' picture in the dictionary next to the defintion of '(white) british people.'

:D

[cally]

20. Yes

Your granddad looks somewhat similar to my granddad who was Brittish. The shape of the face is the same and the dark hair. That's a great pic to have. :hi: