My Amazing Retro Mum - part 2
APRIL 28TH, 2014
In honour of Mother's Day this year, we thought we should celebrate the amazing retro photos of our mothers we all have lying around somewhere. After all, they're such fantastic photos! They should be celebrated. The fabulous hairstyles and vintage outfits; the platform shoes, the shoulder pads, the twin sets and the blow waves. Most of all, we want to celebrate those beautiful women who gave us life, love and all those invaluable lessons we will never forget.
So we asked our Facebook fans to share photos of their amazing mums. And they did!
You can still share your own photo over on our Facebook - and you could win a $50 albumworks voucher. Just in time for Mother's Day!
Here are our Amazing Retro Mums (part 2):
BETTY BARTOX
"I am working towards a family history photo book. It was difficult to single out a photo of my dear mum Marjory."
DIANE KINKADE
"Photo of my mum and nana on holidays with me and my sister in 1963. Check out our hats!"
FRAN KIE
"That's my beautiful mum aged 4, taken in 1918."
"Just stunning on her 90th birthday, and holding the teddy bear she got on her 3rd birthday."
IAN COWDEN
"My mum Sybil Cowden (right) with my sister Susan about 1955."
KATHY MYLES
"In the 1930s, my mother all dressed up for a dance. Note she has something that looks like a feather in her hair."
LEONORE MCDONALD
"This is my Grandmother - Nanna Hayward (my dad's mum) nursing me back in 1959 in Padstow, NSW. Check out the rollers in the hair, and the old car in the background. Priceless."
"This is my Grandmother Clara back in 1959 (my mum's mum)."
"This is a black and white photo of my mother Margaret Rose and me back in March 1960. I have always loved this photo of my mum, she looks so beautiful. xx"
MEG ATTWATER
"My beautiful mum at 19. Now we know where we got all our good looks from!"
PETER HALL
"My amazing mum on the day she got her driving licence in 1952... In 2014 she is still going strong, towing a caravan around Australia."
RON WALSH
"This is a photo of my mum and me in 1948. She is sadly missed and will be part of my life forever."
SARAH SHELLEY
"My Amazing Retro Mum in her younger days! She still has an amazing fashion sense and I only wish she still had that gorgeous fur coat she wore in the photos."
TRACI CORLESS
"I am in the process of making an album for my mum's 80th birthday and came across this great retro photo of her at Adelaide beach in 1959 - woo woo."
TRACY SCOTT
"My mum Fay Fisher (left) with her girlfriends in 1959, arriving off a ship from NZ to begin their adventures on a working holiday in Australia. They have a look on their faces, "Watch out, here come the Sassy Kiwi Girls".
VERA MURPHY
"My beautiful parents, Italy 1941. My mother was 16 and my father almost 18. They had just eloped and this was their wedding photo. My mother made all her clothes and this outfit was no exception. They look like movie stars and so much in love. They are now together again looking down on their children..."
Have you got a fantastic retro photo of your mum you want to share? Just head over to our Facebook and post it on our wall. We have a few $50 vouchers to give away. The next winner will be announced on Fri 2 May.
So go on. Dig out those beautiful vintage photos, and tell us all about your amazing mum!
And while you're at it, why not make her an unforgettable Mother's Day gift?
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