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Friday 15 May 2020

Raise your glasses with a convivial drink - Sepia Saturday

This week's prompt photograph from Sepia Saturday features a group of men taking a break and  having a drink outdoors. 

So during these particularly challenging times, why not raise your glasses with memories of enjoying a convivial drink.


I have only one truly vintage photograph that comes a close match - and one that has featured before on my blog.

This is the only photograph I have of my great grandfather James Danson (1852-1906), the bearded figure on the left,  sitting merrily in the ancient stocks at Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.  By all accounts of his family, he was a bit of a ne'er do well, but clearly having fun in what could well be a staged photograph.


To more recent  times and memories of happy holidays: 

I must admit I took this photograph rather surreptitiously in a cafe bar in Munich Square, in Bavaria, Germany. The two men looked so genial sitting there with their huge beer tankards. Combined with the sign, this seemed such a good photograph to take to typify the Bavarian scene. Meanwhile we were indulging in a drink and "kuche" - (cakes). 

Here raise your German  Beer Stein!  This ornate one, with a pewter lid  is decorated in the  Bavarian colours of blue and white.   And yes - it was bought as a holiday souvenir. 


We enjoyed the good life on our holidays in Bavaria and Austria, loved to eat outdoors (not a regular occurrence in Scotland), visiting beer gardens or a Konditorei (equivalent of a French patisserie).
In a Munich Biergarten 


By the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Tyrol



 An invitation  to enjoy a slice of cake with cream 
and a cup of coffee or hot chocolate




We Indulged! 


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6 comments:

  1. Love the photographs, especially the first one of your great-grandfather. He looks to be quite the character!

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  2. All great pix fit together in a nice collage. My fav' is of you in the Biergarten. But the one of hubby with that gorgeous mountain backdrop is a close second! :)

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  3. Fun photos to go with the theme!

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  4. Snow and shirt sleeves in the same photo - cold up there and warm down here. Such a paradox.

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  5. Ah Bavaria...what’s not to love. We haven’t done much “beer in the sun” when visiting because we often travel in winter, or close to. The photo of the men in Munich is great!

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  6. I enjoyed reading your comments on what was a fun post to pull together, Thank you.

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