A long time ago my Mum gave me two old autograph books. One is from her school years when everyone wrote those hysterically funny stupid poems in them. I always get a great kick out of reading what all the boys said to mum..I think maybe she was a flirt LOL I like to tease her and ask if Dad ever read these poems!
The other one was from when mum became one of the the first airline employees in Ireland. This was a deifferent type of airport...this was where the Flying Boats landed. All Transatlantic planes stopped in Shannon/Rineanna to refuel for the long flight across the Atlantic...it took up to 12 hours on some planes with stops in Iceland too. It was also where the now famous Irish Coffee was created to warm up passengers on those cold Irish nights near the water. Mum knew the chef who created the coffee! :-) Many years later mum was an honored guest at the anniversary of the airport. One lady has created a little museum of the original site and it is a wonderful thing to visit if you are ever in Ireland. It's no wonder I have flying in my blood!
So....the interesting part was...the other day a friend of ours who is an avid collector of everything LOL) was looking at Mum's autograph book and felt we had a little treasure here. So today i did a quick bit of research to check out some of the autographs mum collected in 1946 as she greeted all the celebrities who passed through the airport.
Here are some of the cool ones:
Can't make out the one in the top corner..but the others are Bob Hope, Gracie Fields and Kay Francis!!
Geraldine Fitzgerald..did you know she lived in a Character House in Hollywood that used to belong to Boris Karloff? LOL
Gotta love mums scrapbooking...stuck the photo right over the signature LOL. Hate to think of the glue she used!
Mary Pickford
Cary Grant
Father Flanagan who founded Boys Town in the States. Again..not so clever with the news clip pastings! LOL I found one autograph of his on line signed on the back of a form newsetter selling for $2,500!!!!! Wonder if it has anything stuck on it?? Ah dear!
Lawrence Olivier (before the Sir) and Vivienne Leigh enjoying two Irish Coffees before their connecting flight to New York.
Check out the "hat" on her..not sure what the fashion statement was here but I am sure it was considered elegant for Transatlantic travel at the time ROTF!
So I think I might need to research the value of this little treasure and see if I can get those images moved off the signatures. I also want to chat to mum a little more to get the whole story.
If you would like me to share some of her school day entries let me know and I'll do it another time.
Thanks for endulging me. I am all alone tonight with the puppy...enjoying the quiet. Had great intentions of scrapbooking a little book for a friend for her birthday..maybe better get on that as it is in a few days. I'll share anything I come up with.
Sue
Just a quick card that I made this evening. Many years ago a stamping friend introduced me to using white pencil on blue paper to highlight light and shadow. I did a varied version of this here using the white Uniball Gel Pen from SU.
