Images of my grandmothers and their sisters



This is Bimmy (on the right) at the Misses Rice Dancing School in Munich in the early 1900s.



Bimmy (second from left) and Willie (left) in Munich



Dancing School medal to mark the closing of the Misses Rice Dancing School in Munich in 1909

We were all given one of these medals by Bimmy when we were very little.  



This is Bimmy as a married woman in London, with her two older daughters, Sylvia (on right) and Joan (the baby). Her cousin's daughter Enid is on the left.  Note how they are sitting in the garden - Bimmy always used to say to us "A garden is not complete without a sitz-platz.

Sylvia was a wonderful friend, supporter and engaged influence in the lives of her young relations.

The New Zealand side - the Woodford sisters

Mop (top) and her sisters in the orchard at Opotiki

Mop and her sisters later, at Bunty's wedding

This picture shows Teddy on the left, then Rosie, Maunie, Eva and Mop on the right.

I celebrate all of these determined women who went before us.