It was May 1949 when my paternal grandfather, Richard Francis Thompson known as “Dick” died at the age of 63, leaving my grandmother, Eileen Evans, a widow for the next 35 years. There were no wedding photos although I do have individual studio portraits of them that were taken either before or after the occasion. I vaguely recall a story, that my grandparents met at a dance. My grandmother seated in the balcony of a dance hall waiting for … Continue reading