Aren’t they just the cutest little vintage couple you have ever seen? They’ve been hanging around my bathroom mirror so long, I have started to think of them as family. Gladys looks kind doesn’t she?
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She looks like she's got a freshly baked chocolate cake and a pot of tea ready to brew for you right away! You are right, Gladys is a kind looking soul. I love her hat! I wonder if Bert is blind or just looking snazzy in his glasses. Thanks for sharing your "family" with us! It was a pleasure to meet them.
She looks like she's got a freshly baked chocolate cake and a pot of tea ready to brew for you right away! You are right, Gladys is a kind looking soul. I love her hat! I wonder if Bert is blind or just looking snazzy in his glasses. Thanks for sharing your "family" with us! It was a pleasure to meet them.
Oh my! they are a bride and groom!I collect vintage wedding pics and this is a lovely one,I like to think they went on to have a long and happy life together,aw bless!
Oh my! they are a bride and groom!I collect vintage wedding pics and this is a lovely one,I like to think they went on to have a long and happy life together,aw bless!
Oh I'm loving Bert's cool dude glasses! Bless them they are such a cute pair. They look like a "35 years and never a cross word" type – Although I bet if he stepped one foot out of line she'd be handy with a rolling pin!
Oh I'm loving Bert's cool dude glasses! Bless them they are such a cute pair. They look like a "35 years and never a cross word" type – Although I bet if he stepped one foot out of line she'd be handy with a rolling pin!
They make the most wonderful couple don't they ? I have a collection of old family photos,school groups with my grandmother and my father,pictures of my husband's mother as a babe in arms with her mother outside a lovely old cottage, with lace curtains and geraniums at the window etc!
They make the most wonderful couple don't they ? I have a collection of old family photos,school groups with my grandmother and my father,pictures of my husband's mother as a babe in arms with her mother outside a lovely old cottage, with lace curtains and geraniums at the window etc!
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She looks like she's got a freshly baked chocolate cake and a pot of tea ready to brew for you right away! You are right, Gladys is a kind looking soul. I love her hat! I wonder if Bert is blind or just looking snazzy in his glasses.
Thanks for sharing your "family" with us! It was a pleasure to meet them.
She looks like she's got a freshly baked chocolate cake and a pot of tea ready to brew for you right away! You are right, Gladys is a kind looking soul. I love her hat! I wonder if Bert is blind or just looking snazzy in his glasses.
Thanks for sharing your "family" with us! It was a pleasure to meet them.
they are adorable 🙂
they are adorable 🙂
I love these old photos and am a big fan of ephemera, BUT do find that the style of photography can make people unecessarily creepy!
I love these old photos and am a big fan of ephemera, BUT do find that the style of photography can make people unecessarily creepy!
This is a great photo.
And you are right…Gladys does indeed look sweet
As I suspect you must be.
This is a great photo.
And you are right…Gladys does indeed look sweet
As I suspect you must be.
Oh my! they are a bride and groom!I collect vintage wedding pics and this is a lovely one,I like to think they went on to have a long and happy life together,aw bless!
Oh my! they are a bride and groom!I collect vintage wedding pics and this is a lovely one,I like to think they went on to have a long and happy life together,aw bless!
Oh I'm loving Bert's cool dude glasses! Bless them they are such a cute pair. They look like a "35 years and never a cross word" type – Although I bet if he stepped one foot out of line she'd be handy with a rolling pin!
Oh I'm loving Bert's cool dude glasses! Bless them they are such a cute pair. They look like a "35 years and never a cross word" type – Although I bet if he stepped one foot out of line she'd be handy with a rolling pin!
They make the most wonderful couple don't they ? I have a collection of old family photos,school groups with my grandmother and my father,pictures of my husband's mother as a babe in arms with her mother outside a lovely old cottage, with lace curtains and geraniums at the window etc!
They make the most wonderful couple don't they ? I have a collection of old family photos,school groups with my grandmother and my father,pictures of my husband's mother as a babe in arms with her mother outside a lovely old cottage, with lace curtains and geraniums at the window etc!
I was checking to see if she had kind eyes when I noticed her nose.
I was checking to see if she had kind eyes when I noticed her nose.
Awwww bless. He has a great pair of wacky specs and I'm loving her corsages, what a gal 🙂
Awwww bless. He has a great pair of wacky specs and I'm loving her corsages, what a gal 🙂