Dad and his girls

This was taken at Christmas 2016.

We've never been in any doubt about how proud he was of us.

Travel snaps

Not a natural traveller, Mum usually had to bully him in to going abroad. He never tired of saying 'If you've heard of it, it's ruined', but was grudgingly fond of France and the Yorkshire Dales.

Apart from the West Indies, he also reached as far as Bali, Africa (where?) and Russia, where he nearly got arrested for jaywalking.

Hobbies

Dad has had several hobbies over the years, some more successful than others. They include:

• cookery lessons - see Cookery
• an allotment
• woodwork (he made a lamp-stand, coffee table, sledge)
• drawing (mainly trees!) and painting
• black and white photography
• raiding skips (bicycle and various garden tools were 'liberated')

Photographic evidence of some of these is below.

Relaxing with friends

Can you spot a common thread in the pictures here? Food and drink figure in most of them.

David meets Noreen

They met at Swansea University in (?) where Mum was studying Economics and Dad Geology.

We've heard tales of policemen's helmets being knocked off, stealing Babycham glasses, wild dancing to Acker Bilk, and romance amongst the dunes of Swansea bay, so it is fair to say students haven't changed much.

On the back of the photo below, Dad wrote: One of the causes of the Decline of the Roman Empire.

But here they are, in 19xx? celebrating their xx anniversary:

Wedding Day

Dad married Noreen Margaret Jones in Pembroke (when?)

Charlie Suff was best man.

Despite the official photographer losing ALL the photos, some pictures were salvaged from guests' cameras.