This was taken on the Jos Plateau in central Nigeria on the way from Zaria to Yankari Game reserve, around 1974. I absolutely loved climbing (still do) and really enjoyed clambering up the many inselbergs on the route. Nigeria was incredibly safe for kids in the '70s so my brother and I enjoyed a lot of freedom to explore, heading off on our bicycles at every opportunity. My mother would have a heart attack if she knew half of the stuff that we got up to.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
You'd be forgiven for mistaking me for a fashion icon in my youth.
Lovely thread Tony.
I inherited the family 35mm slide album some years ago and had them digitised, I look at it some times with sad nostalgia, my parents young and happy me and my sister having a great childhood, so carefree, this one stands out though, mid to late 1970s I would guess, I distinctly remember getting the set, my Dad was a air traffic controller in the RAF so this had that connection for his control tower, certainly were simpler times, I look at the vast Lego sets my kids have and they always want more, I was more than happy with this set.
Cheers..
Jase
Christmas 1964, I absolutely loved that car.
Me and my little brother in the late 80's. Snaggles (the Mirror Dingy) is now in my garage with all of the paint stripped off. I'm restoring her to teach my boys, who are a similar age to that photo to sail.
That is a little bizarre....I have photos of me on the same plateau...just a few years earlier!!Originally Posted by Mr Curta
This was taken on the Jos Plateau in central Nigeria on the way from Zaria to Yankari Game reserve, around 1974. I absolutely loved climbing (still do) and really enjoyed clambering up the many inselbergs on the route. Nigeria was incredibly safe for kids in the '70s so my brother and I enjoyed a lot of freedom to explore, heading off on our bicycles at every opportunity. My mother would have a heart attack if she knew half of the stuff that we got up to.
We lived in Kaduna and Jos.
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Small world! My brother and I still occasionally drop into Pidgin (usually after a few beers).
That photograph must have been taken on a rare occasion that I didn't have a plaster on my knee.
Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH
My first Lego 1984 :)
Taken by me on a box brownie at our house just outside Kuala Lumpur in 1958. My father was seconded from the RAF to head up Engineering Branch in the newly formed Royal Malaysian Air Force, and treated himself to this brand new Plymouth Belvedere. He subsequently brought it back to the UK, and our next stop was RAF Church Fenton in Yorkshire.
Your Nan looks more excited!My first Lego 1984 :)
She surely does :D
It is a small world. We lived on the Plateau. I will have to dig the photo out.
Anyway, taken in the the garden in Jos 1968. I am trouble in the middle. I loved that shirt
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