Gran, who is actually my husband’s grandmother, but with whom I developed a wonderful friendship, was about to throw away this and another suitcase which were actually her father’s (H.P’s) travelling suitcases back in the early 1900s. At the time I was visiting Gran and writing her life story, Gran brought out these suitcases and asked if I could use the contents in my writing. They were filled with all sorts of paper mementos of HPs travels and only recently did I start to photograph all the wonderful images which I will share on this blog to give further inspiration to my work.
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