It is Christmas eve and because my mums mum is very religious we took her to the evening service at the church. we haven't been since i was very little and all i can remember is that i used to get an orange with a candle in it and dolly mixtures stuck onto it... so i had high hopes. however this year there was no oranges covered in sweets. just a chocolate coin. i was pretty disappointing. but nevermind.
We took her to the service and she seemed to enjoy it. there was singing, lots of singing which she liked joining in with. i didn't take any photos in the church, it almost seemed disrespectful and plus i was too busy laughing with my dad at the fact that the lady sat in front of us looked exactly like postman pat and trying to persuade my mum to come to the pub afterwards.
We succeed so after church we walked across the road to the pub.... we were sure this must be some kind of sin yet the vicar went too so we decided it must be ok. The picture above i shot whilst in the pub on 35mm film. i've started carrying a film camera around instead of a digital these days it leaves a bit of mystery and is a nice surprise when i get the film developed because half the time i cant remember what i've taken photos of. The drink in my mums mums hand is the first alcoholic drink shes had in nearly 30 years. She used to be an alcoholic though she says she was never a proper one. She said that she could never be a proper alcoholic, for then she would have to drink all day. Yet she could only drink in the morning, never in the afternoon or evening.
I do love this photo, both with glasses in hands all wrapped up in their coats. Its generic family snap. A photo that i should already have, one that we should have millions of yet we dont. These family snaps are something that's missing from our photo albums at home.
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