In living colour

Being confined indoors right now due to the coronavirus situation, I’ve been having some fun experimenting with colourization of some old family photos.

Profile: William Aitken

My dad’s grandfather, William Aitken, was my only great-grandparent still living when I was a child, although we never met. He died at age 88 in 1959, when I was six.

A marriage not made in heaven

Marriage certificates can reveal a wealth of information about each party to the marriage, although not the back story to their relationship, which can sometimes be quite surprising.