1982 wedding

My mother - third from the right - is the youngest of five siblings; at 86 she’s the last one remaining. Between the siblings there were 15 children, so 15 cousins - I am number 14, second from the right.

In the photo is cousin 11, Kerry, getting married in 1982. Beside her is her sister, Tracy, cousin number 10. Sadly, Tracy inherited a nasty health condition from her mother (who died very young), and despite outliving her life expectancy by decades she has now passed away aged just 61. She’s been very poorly and her family are comforted that she’s free from suffering now.

I knew this photo was somewhere and I managed to dig it out - I was 17, and probably refused to be told what I could and couldn’t wear - enough said…..