Pickering War Weekend

Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th October 2009 became Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th October 1943. Last weekend was the 17th annual war weekend in Pickering and on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Pickering high street was closed to traffic, and there were people dressed in 1940's costumes as land girls, nurses, soldiers and civilians. Local school children were issued with their own gas masks and were evacuated on the steam trains. The village of Levisham on the NYMR was occupied by the Germans and became known as Le Visham. There was even an unexploded bomb!

Some children being evacuated.


I loved how this little boy was sat on the sandbags having his lunch next to the "Dig for Victory" sign.


The ladies outfits were so colourful and dressy. The gentleman on the right was serenading passers by.






I doubt that Pickering has changed much since the war.


A lovely autumn scene.

Baby K

Baby K was 10 days old when I took these photographs. He has the most beautiful eyes, and is such an alert little newborn. Here's a little sneak peak of him:



Thanks to Scarlett Lillian (www.scarlettlillian.net) for running the contest in which I won some MCP actions (http://www.mcpactions.com) - yay! :)

Sneak peak - Baby M

Here's a couple of photos from a session I had last week with a lovely family. Meet Baby M and her older sister...

Sunset

There was the most stunning sunset tonight. I took this out of my bedroom window :)

Whitby

Whitby is one of my favourite seaside towns. I love wandering down the pier and around the old town. We even saw a seal in the harbour. Here are a few photos from our visit:

Heather

The beautiful heather in our garden this morning:

Jenny & Ray

A couple of my close friends got married at the weekend. I have known Jenny since we met at school when we were about 13. We studied the same A-Levels at college, and then the same degree at university. Jenny met Ray when we started at college through a mutual friend, and they have been inseparable ever since. They got engaged seven years ago, so this wedding has been well overdue! In June I took some photographs of them together and I have been waiting until after the wedding to put them on here as one of the photos was mounted and framed so that their wedding guests could leave them messages on their big day.































The girls from uni:



Jenny and I at the reception:



Our friends from school:



And finally the signed photograph:



Jenny & Ray, your wedding was absolutely beautiful. I hope you have a fantastic honeymoon and lots of wonderful years together. Lots of love, Katie x