{"id":723,"date":"2011-10-28T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hellum.ca\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2019-05-10T15:25:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T19:25:48","slug":"december-20-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/december-20-1960\/","title":{"rendered":"December 28, 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22.3″ custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.22.3″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.22.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]In late December 1960, my parents were married in Montreal, PQ. My future mother and father were then 28 and 27 years old. So young! I was 37 when I married Carrie… Yet, my future parents in these photographs look older than I felt when I was married, older even than I feel now.<\/p>\n

Their marriage has come and gone, but left three children in its wake and five grand children (three by marriage). Its so interesting to look at the people in these images, know many of them well, ponder on the futures that lay before them. I wish I had known my grandparents better. Granny Bets, my maternal grandmother – such a mystery. I have scanned her face in these images gleaning detail to flesh out this person who is so closely connected to me and yet an utter stranger (she passed away when I was a small child); I was afraid of her. Similarly, the imposing figure of my paternal grandfather, Grandpa Gus. I have dim recollections of him as a seven year when my father and I visited Norway in 1971. He seemed so much bigger and more important than me. He was always serious. \u00a0My maternal grandfather I knew better – Grandpa Will; he Christmas’d with us for many years out west, flying from Montreal (and the house many of these photographs were taken in!). I wish I’d paid more attention to his pilot stories from WWI. I was afraid of him.<\/p>\n

And my mother, here at 28. So beautiful! I love her wedding dress, understated and utterly elegant. She looks so happy. My father looks a little bewildered, much like I felt 41 years later on my own wedding day. My goodness he was\/is a handsome man.<\/p>\n

Enough prattle, here are some scans of beautifully-printed, but poorly taken images from my parents’ wedding December 28, 1960:[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb image=”http:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/HellumSpriggsMarriage-25.jpg” _builder_version=”3.22.7″]<\/p>\n

L to R:\u00a0K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Al Aldred, Patricia Spriggs, Doreen Simmons<\/p>\n

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L to R: \u00a0David Spriggs, August Hellum, Doreen Simmons, Al Aldred, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), William Spriggs, Patricia Spriggs, John Spriggs, Frank Hanson, Jr.<\/p>\n

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K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs<\/p>\n

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L to R: \u00a0August Hellum, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Betty Spriggs, William Spriggs<\/p>\n

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In late December 1960, my parents were married in Montreal, PQ. My future mother and father were then 28 and 27 years old. So young! I was 37 when I married Carrie… Yet, my future parents in these photographs look older than I felt when I was married, older even than I feel now. Their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"In late December 1960, my parents were married in Montreal, PQ. My future mother and father were then 28 and 27 years old. So young! I was 37 when I married Carrie... Yet, my future parents in these photographs look older than I felt when I was married, older even than I feel now.\n\nTheir marriage has come and gone, but left three children in its wake and five grand children (three by marriage). Its so interesting to look at the people in these images, know many of them well, ponder on the futures that lay before them. I wish I had known my grandparents better. Granny Bets, my maternal grandmother - such a mystery. I have scanned her face in these images gleaning detail to flesh out this person who is so closely connected to me and yet an utter stranger (she passed away when I was a small child); I was afraid of her. Similarly, the imposing figure of my paternal grandfather, Grandpa Gus. I have dim recollections of him as a seven year when my father and I visited Norway in 1971. He seemed so much bigger and more important than me. He was always serious. \u00a0My maternal grandfather I knew better - Grandpa Will; he Christmas'd with us for many years out west, flying from Montreal (and the house many of these photographs were taken in!). I wish I'd paid more attention to his pilot stories from WWI. I was afraid of him.\n\nAnd my mother, here at 28. So beautiful! I love her wedding dress, understated and utterly elegant. She looks so happy. My father looks a little bewildered, much like I felt 41 years later on my own wedding day. My goodness he was\/is a handsome man.\n\nEnough prattle, here are some scans of beautifully-printed, but poorly taken images from my parents' wedding December 28, 1960:\n\n\"\"\n\nL toR: Al Aldred, August Hellum, Betty Spriggs, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R facing: August Hellum, William Spriggs, Doreen Simmons, Al Aldred, Patricia Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: Doreen Simmons, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Patricia Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nHilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nHilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nHilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nK\u00e5re Hellum and Hilary Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nK\u00e5re Hellum and Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nReceiving line L to R: Al Aldred, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Anglican Minister John Kerr.\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Patricia Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: August Hellum, Betty Spriggs, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Patricia Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nK\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: Frank Hanson Sr., Patricia Spriggs, unknown person\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nHilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: Doreen Simmons, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Patricia Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: William Spriggs, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Betty Spriggs\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nK\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nK\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nK\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs)\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R:\u00a0K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Al Aldred, Patricia Spriggs, Doreen Simmons\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: \u00a0David Spriggs, August Hellum, Doreen Simmons, Al Aldred, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), William Spriggs, Patricia Spriggs, John Spriggs, Frank Hanson, Jr.\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nHilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), K\u00e5re Hellum\n\n \n\n \n\n\"\"\n\nL to R: \u00a0August Hellum, K\u00e5re Hellum, Hilary Hellum (n\u00e9e Spriggs), Betty Spriggs, William Spriggs","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-historical","category-love","category-sad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3559,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/3559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellum.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}