Had a Lovely and Emotional Surprise Today

[florida sun]

I walked into Cardiff town centre today, to pick up something for lunch and walked past a huge cloth banner outside a small exhibition they are running in the centre and had the most wonderful surprise, the exhibition is all about local sport and sport stars through the ages, from Cardiff, and right there in the middle of Cardiff was this huge poster which has my dear grandmother on. This is my mum's mum who lived with us until she died, when I was about 13. She is the one in the middle with the Basball bat in front of her.

I was so taken aback as I have that original photo,which was given to my mum by her mum many many years ago,and she in turn gave it to me, so I took a couple of photos on my phone and then phoned my mum to tell her she must come and see it. I popped inside to have a chat with the curator and it was wonderful to see all the old photos. My dear nanna would have been so pleased to see herself in the middle of Cradiff Town Centre:hug: and it brought back some wonderful thoughts of my nanna.

Here are the photos I took, excuse the quality as they were from my phone.

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/251/nanarw3.png

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9454/nana2ez5.png
A close up one, my nan is in the middle with the Bat.

[Lizzy Lemon]

How fantastic, I bet you couldn't believe your eyes. The photos are brill.

[KayleeUK]

Brilliant hon :)

[mandymouse]

Aww, that is so nice. No wonder it was a surprise

Mandy :)

[Frances999]

What a wonderful surprise, Sue! It's so nice to see something that triggers such nice memories of loved ones. :goodvibes

[jtlover]

That is fantastic - what a lovely surprise - such a shame that you Nan is not around to see it.

[carolfoy]

how wonderful Sue, it must have been really moving for you :hug:

[florida sun]

Thanks all:goodvibes

The photo was taken in 1918, and my nan played for the Cardiff Gasworks Ladies Baseball Team. She was just about 20 when this photo was taken, with no children. She went on to have 9 children, with my mum being born in 1938, and my mum is the only surviving child left after her younger brother died last year.:hug:

[mark&sue]

absoultely amazing. What a fantastic surprise for you.


Susan

[jen_uk]

What a lovely surprise. :goodvibes

[CustardTart]

That is so cool, Sue! Lovely photo and a fab story... :goodvibes

[eyoreaud]

How wonderful for you Sue!:hug:

That's just such a lovely surprise:hug:

Memories, memories, they're better than home movies because they can never be erased. :grouphug:

[Minniespal]

A fab photo Sue and a wonderful story.

[SusanEllen]

Sue, what a wonderful reminder that our loved ones are with us forever.

[Goofysmate]

Whoo what a lovely surprise you had when you saw that and must have put a lovely smile on you face when seeing it.
thank you for sharing that with us Sue. :love:

[saratogagirl]

thats wonderful Sue :hug: we have no plans to got to Cardiff at the moment, otherwise we would have gone to see the picture of your nana

[Lisash]

Aaah Sue what a lovely surprise for you. Great pictures :)

[Duggas]

What a brilliant surprise for you, did your Mum get into Cardiff to see it as well?

Pam

[Netty]

What a lovely surprise for you! Hope your mum got to go and see it as well. :hug:

[tennisfan]

A wonderful & lovely surprise, thanks for sharing the story:goodvibes

[wicket2005]

it brought back some wonderful thoughts of my nanna.
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Oh, I am dead chuffed for you, how lovely.:) And who would have imagined the photo would end up on the net for the whole world to see.

[Tammy Stringer]

How fantastic Sue - what a lovely photograph as well.

Tam

[UKDEB]

That's wonderful, Sue - I bet you couldn't believe what you were seeing! It's reassuring that life can offer up some little gems of pleasure amongst all the rubbish. :goodvibes

[GlendaONeill]

Thanks for sharing this story. It's a fantastic surprise for you.

[TinkTatoo]

Wow - what an amazing photo and a great suprise for you

[florida sun]

Hey all, thank you so much for all your comments:goodvibes

I meet my mum at Lunch time today to take her to see the photo and she was delighted and just a bit overwhelmed by it and a bit tearful,I think because it was so big and bold, brought back wonderful memories of her mum and mainly because it is 33 years to the day tomorrow since my nan passed away. However she agreed with me that Lou Lou (my nan), would have simply loved it:hug:

[TracyK]

That's lovely Sue :)

Tracy