Alec Garfield John Govier, Garfield Samuel John Govier, Olive Govier
Cornwall Govier Family pictures

A picture taken of me and my mother by my Grandfather Samuel John Govier when he was in his eighties. The location was the back garden at Chacewater Hill.

He was still a very keen photographer and this shows a family joke where we got tired of smiling for the camera and made sure we looked miserable.

Even my first dog, Candy, managed to join in the spitit of things with the expression on her face!

We have to admit now that even at the great age he was at, he still showed fine composition ability in making this photograph.

The photo was taken when I was about 14 I think, with my Box Brownie camera and shows remarkable enduring quality

This is my Grandfather, Samuel John Govier aged 83 and sat down  holding my dog on his lap in the back garden at Chacewater.

Another of our specially posed serious photos taken by my grandfather and still showing his ability as a photographer.

The striped blazer was the original design uniform for Truro School.

Later versions were a more sober navy blue.

A photograph of my mother in the back garden at Chacewater. Probably taken by me.A group picture at a special occasion, probably outside Newquay Wesley.

The central pair seems to be a rather untypical photo of my parents Olive and Garfield Govier

Here they are again specially posed in the front room. It was nice relatively colourful wall paper for those days I remember.

The front room was only used for special occasions, such as Christmas and sadly after my grandfather`s funeral

Kerley Farm, near Chacewater, run by the Colman family where my branch of the Govier received an impetus as Samuel John Govier married Annie (?) Colman,

Since this was a postcard taken by my grandfather, it seems likely that my grandmother is one of the milkmaids shown, but there were a large number of daughters of the Colman family to choose from!

Whether or not this picture was taken near my parents Golden Wedding Anniversary, the effect of this photo is certainly golden!

What an alert and good-looking couple they make.

Here is my mother at King Charles Nursing Home, Falmouth, only last year.

Not too bad a picture really. As you can see she not only definitely has all her wits about her, but is probably about to offer some words of ctiticism!

Here is quite a good picture of my dad, Garfield Govier, on one of his better days in Falmouth Hospital aged 94, only a few months before he died. It was very comforting that he and my mother were actually in hospital together for several months, their health having collapsed at the same time, a strangely fortunate occurence as it happened They were Falmouth Hospital Mascots and were originally put into a ward together that the staff christened "The Honeymoon Suite"

Another photo taken about the same time of my dad in Falmouth Hospital, also aged 94.

A favourite photo of my mum and Dad Olive and Garfield Govier, taken at Denyer Court where they lived in sheltered housing for a while. This was only two or three years ago.

The extremely poor quality is because it is a photo of a photograph and not a scan of it. They were not really so blotchy looking!

The original, which I may find later to substitute is extremely good in fact and was taken by the warden of the flats, Cynthia Bradley.

Well this is me, Alex or Alec Govier, according to the time of day with my favourite but now sadly deceased cat, Felix about 18months ago.

 He did however survive to a very  healthy 21 and a half years old. As you can see he so devoted to me that he was actually difficult to get rid of, even when I was sat at the computer.

This is taken with the web-cam and shows he would insist on helping!

And this is a recent picture of me in the shop, The Music Box 30/31 The Lanes, Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield S9 1EP

Well, we had to get a plug in here somewhere.

And apologies for the tie by the way