Downstream

Royal Navy uniform, a row
of medals on his jacket; in the
second he appears decades
older, a pipe in his mouth and
a sou’wester on his head.
‘Granny was having her
portrait taken by a
professional photographer (I
don’t remember why) and her
father stopped by the
photographer’s studio to pick
her up on his way home,’
explains Barbara. ‘As soon as
he walked in the door of the