Myrtle Florence DREW

Later this year (October to be exact), Dad's cousin Myrtle will turn 96. We visited her yesterday, and I was able to put a few more names and details on old photographs, thanks to Myrtle's wonderful memory of her younger days (the photos in question were taken in 1921-1922).

Her health hasn't been good since a bout of bronchitis at Christmas and a recent cataract operation, but she is still quite sprightly. It was amusing (to me) to see her making sure Dad was moving OK when we got up to leave, just like she did when she was 9 and Dad was a toddler.

Myrtle nursing Dad, late 1921/early 1922.

Picnic on Peel Island, 1922 or 1923,. Myrtle in front, her brother Roy at the back. The older woman is Great-aunt "Ella", sitting with Madge and Dad. The other boys are Reginald Verdon (l) and Isaac "Izzy" Moss (r).