In order not to confuse you I ought to explain that after mother left Lairg and came to live in Nethy Bridge, on my first leave from the Royal Navy she told me she would prefer if I called her Helen. I have no idea what's wrong with the female members of my family that they want to be known by something different to their given name.

Anyway next to mum is Lorna, she come down with Mother for the holiday and was the daughter of one of her friends. That's me in the middle and Gordon on my left

The photograph was taken in Battersea, London one afternoon when we all went out to show the Highlanders the mysteries of the big city.