About one year ago, my sister took down my grandmother’s slides from the attic, most of them taken early 1960’s through 1970. It was a real treat to see some of the old neighbors and the beautiful portraits she took as we grew older. There were many pictures from her camp at Haven Road near Highland Lake. There were pictures of Christmas past usually spent with us as her other sons lived far away. We were lucky to have her and our grandfather with us every holiday. She took pictures of parties, cookouts and bowling banquets, back when she called her camera an Instamatic. It had that weird four-sided cube flash that showed each burned out bulb with each flash picture taken. I always wanted to make something out of those burned out cubes. Like everything else, they are long obsolete.
                     You will see Lyle Dorr raising his glass to toast someone at a bowling banquet, taken in the 1960’s. In the same picture is Pete Luttrell beside my grandfather O’Donnell whose face is hidden behind his glass.. The Luttrell’s lived at 38 Powers Road, I believe. The Dorr’s lived at 163 Devereaux Circle. In one picture you will see Howard and Edith Thurlow who were the parents of Lorraine Dorr. Mr Thurlow used to give me the foreign money that people would put in the washing machines at the laundromat.I still have 2 of them, one large silver coin from Australia with Queen Elizabeth’s father, George’s head on the front of the coin. In the picture, the Thurlow’s were beside my grandparents, Lyllian and Clark O’Donnell, because they were on the same bowling team Lorraine had a sister who lived in Redbank Village , Mrs Freeman White, whose daughter was Candy White. One of the birthday party pictures taken in out pink kitchen, shows Carol Kelly. One of her sons is seated, either Gary or Greg and Rhonda is in the front. My sisters and I and Lisa DesMarais are also in this picture. It was my sister Carol’s party, maybe 1967 or 68. Typical of Redbank, lifestyle, other mothers would help with birthday parties. Another group photo taken in our living room shows Ricky Madore, Jeff Swan, the Luttrell kids: Timmy and Mary Sue and Theresa , Rhonda Kelly and Lisa DesMarais and Janet Rudell. There is also a family reunion type picture, with me wearing a weird Star Trek type mustard yellow suit, socializing with family. This was taken behind my cousin's house [Carol Ross] on Powers Rd, near the top of Devereaux. One Easter morning another photo was taken of Me and my siblings and Lisa DesMarais. I guess I posted these mostly for sentimental reasons, because surely not everyone remembers these people. Thank goodness for Instamatics!