Alexandra’s Pictures - People and Places
Pictures are arranged chronologically, date is shown above each picture
Cast of Characters with date of first appearance in the pictures
2001 Isobel (niecelet)
12 Oct 03 Alastair & Gráinne
02 Nov 03 Catriona
24 Dec 03 Nick
26 Dec 03 Jim (Nick’s dad)
07 Mar 04 John
17 Mar 04 Celine (family friend)
22 Jun 04 Sybil (family friend)
23 Jun 04 Inta and Vita (friends in Latvia)
12 Jul 04 Jonathan (nephew)
07 Aug 04 Elinor (niecelet)
11 Aug 04 Máiréad, Sorcha, Iseult (Gráinne’s sister and nieces)
14 Aug 04 Joan and Michael (Gráinne’s parents)
20 Sep 04 Gráinne’s family
09 Oct 04 John and Marina (family friends)
01 Jun 05 Fiona (niece – mother of niecelets)
29 Sep 05 Cath (Catriona’s bridesmaid)
25 Sep 05 family and friends of Nick and Catriona
25 Dec 05 Dorothy (John’s mother)
28 Jan 06 Anne (friend from Finland)
18 Apl 06 Derek (Celine’s husband)
03 Jun 06 Michaela (family friend)
03 Jun 06 Peter, Ann and Jamie (John’s brother and family)
28 Mar 07 Claire (Alexandra’s sister)
08 Jan 07 Abigail
Locations
2001
playing with Isobel
2003
July : swinging in Latvia,
October : coastal walk Dublin Bay, scrambling on Dartmoor, Castle Drogo garden,
November : New York marathon
December : Christmas eve dinner, Boxing day at Walthamstow dog track
2004
February : relaxing at Catriona’s house
March : trip to Dublin (just before first breast cancer operation)
April : Wisley garden, stitching and pond digging, Hidcote garden, Thames-side walk, Rosemoor garden (all during ongoing radiotherapy)
May : Gibberd garden, Harlow
June : Dun Laioghaire harbour, Beth Chatto garden, Riga mid-summer celebrations
July : Sissinghurst, Finland, at home
August : spraying Elinor, Máiréad and girls at Woodford, Wexford and west Cork
September : Alastair and Gráinne’s wedding in Dublin, walk in Glendalough, bus ride in Coventry
December : walks at Three Mills, Hallingbury and Abney Park cemetery
2005
January : Audley End garden, holiday in New Zealand
May : Catriona’s garden, at home with Isobel and Elinor
June : at home and Trafalgar Square
August : Lizzie’s wedding, London Bridge, Ireland
September : Catriona and Nick’s wedding
October : Achill Head and Croagh Patrick Ireland, Routemaster bus
December : Christmas dinner, winter walks
2006
January : Madeira (our last holiday before she became too weak to travel), Docklands
February : 59th birthday lunch Greenwich
April : Daffodils at Ickworth, blossom at Standen
May : bluebells and log bench at Emmetts, Eltham Palace, Ascott House
June : garden party and barbeque at home
July : at home
August : dressed up for a night at the opera, Walmer castle, Scotney castle, Whitstable, Hatfield Forest
September : at home, Ightam Mote, Claremont garden, (chemotherapy now started)
October : Catriona’s birthday, (Catriona with bump, Alexandra with headscarf )
November : Hampstead Heath (Alexandra now using a wheelchair most of the time), The Swan at Streetley
December : pub lunch Great Amwell
2007
January : Abigail born 8th, day trip to France for pre-birthday lunch
February : 60th birthday lunch at the Gun (first public appearance without headscarf), Southend
March : at home, Epping Forest, Embankment, Forty hall, bathtime, Myddleton House
April : (hair now starting to grow curly again) Doddington garden, Wanstead park, Chenies, Bankside, Audley End
May : Fenton House, Felbrigg, East Ruston and Blickling
June : Markshall, John’s birthday, Essex gardens
July : last trip on the tube, 39th wedding anniversary lunch at Canary Wharf, at home
August : Hatfield House, at home, out with walking frame
October : Polesden Lacey (the last ever photograph of Alexandra)