Posted on 12/02/2024 6:35:11 PM PST by libh8er
Some friends are forever, and a few people are lucky enough to have pictures to show for it. A group of four women from the UK traveled to a seaside resort in Torquay, Devon, England, in 1972. During their time there, a photographer snapped a picture of them walking arm in arm on the promenade. Now, the four of them have reunited over half a century later to recreate that heartwarming image.
Carol Ansbro, Marion Bamforth, Susan Morris, and Mary Helliwell, from Halifax, had the time of their lives on that trip. “Our first holiday in Torquay was truly amazing,” Morris, who now has five grandchildren, told The Telegraph & Argus. “We were only kids and so excited about staying in a cramped caravan and sharing each other’s clothes. It felt really exotic and grown-up being on our own without parents in the English Riviera.” And so, the four vowed to return when they started celebrating their 70th birthdays.
The group has now fulfilled their promise when Ansboro, the oldest of the group, reached that milestone age. Not only did they return to Torquay, but they also set out to recreate their image—one they didn't even plan to shoot on their first trip. “The picture was taken by those photographers who used to roam the promenade preying on unsuspecting tourists like us,” Morris remembers.
The friends wore outfits that closely matched the ones worn in the original image. However, the real challenge was locating the exact spot where it was taken, as many things had changed over the course of five decades. ”Nobody could remember where the photo took place but, luckily, a member of staff at the hotel where we were staying, guided us to the exact spot,” Morris shared. “The white building in the 1972 photograph had been demolished but the same bridge is still in the background.”
That’s a nice story.
Oh, my. Too many carbs.
God bless them for keeping their friendship together!!
Gee, this is stupid and uninteresting.
“Yellow over Blue” looks to have gotten along pretty well....
Well may I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain…
Well, Torquay is nice but who wants to go to the UK these days?
Yes...she’s the only one with skinny ankes, still.
That’s pretty cool. I like the way they wore similar clothes.
Not to be snarky (heh, me snarky?) but IMO the one on the far right is better looking now than she was 50 years ago!
Same thoughts....
How cute! Nice that they’re all friends and got together for this....they look happy and fun and like a sweet bunch of gals to meet for an outing!
Has that poor git been working there as a bellboy for the last 50 years?
At least his memory is good. :)
Second from the right better get checked for heart problems with that swelling. It’s a bad sign.
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Good for them. The stuff life is made of.
We have something similar of my mom and her 3 sisters when their age range was from about 3 to to 7. We re-staged it in the same place about 60 years later.
Hahaha. That was so great. Memories!
I agree. She has aged well and filled up in the right places.
As I always say, “Time and gravity are no one’s friends.”
I have 3 friends from grade school that I’ve known for about 50 years. One looks like the lady in blue on the far right. She’s from good German stock. The rest of us…let’s just say that the largest of us looks no bigger than the lady in yellow and blue skirt, second from the left. We try to get together every year or so. Didn’t get a visit in this year, but we were together in October 2023. Life happens so every year doesn’t always work. We are truly blessed to still be friends all these years later!
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