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Originally Posted by Rachel
Ahhhh photographs 
Until a few years ago, one of the Gt Grans (Elizabeth) seemed a very serious, boring and 'worthy' person but after contact with a distant cousin, she became Lizzie and what a difference that's made !
She has a real personality + I had a tiny B/W pic of her which I'd never bothered to look at properly and when enlarged, discovered a cat on her shoulder 
Now I think she must have been lively and fun and not the dour Scot I imagined. |
Rachel, my rather fearsome 2xgt grandmother was also Elizabeth, but after I found out she was always called Bessie I had a slightly different view of her!
My grandmother was christened and registered as Muriel Mary. However, she was always called "Mimi"! (from both names)