Dad's 80th Birthday

As milestones go, this is a big one.  Our dear old pater is 80 years old today, and happily going strong.  We are having the first big celebration today, and Part II next week when family will be here form Ohio and British Columbia

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Anyway, this is where Pa made his way  into the world: at St.George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner.  He likes to tell the tale of  his father picking him and his mother up in a Rolls Royce to bring them home for the first time.  [The Rolls belonged to my grandfather's employer.]


St. George's Hospital, Chelsea

And this is a studio portrait of Dad, aged 2 years and two months.