Jeremy Pictures

[andrea]

colin with daniel at sheilas house

[andrea]

sheila

[chochokeira]

Remember the thing Colin said Sheila mentioned about June, that she hardly ever hugged her children, her hands just hanging down her sides.
On the photo of her holding baby Sheila, she seems very stiff, not holding the little girl in an embrace. Baby Sheila is like just propped up against June - her arm, seemingly, hanging down her side. The beby looks as if she could need a hug.
Maybe that is a lot to read into a photo. I just get this cold vibe from this photo of June. Nevill looks nice though.

There are all manner of revealling psychodynamics going on beneath the surface of this apparently happy family picture. I get exactly the same cold vibe from this photo, Abs, as you do.

Both June and Nevill look stiff and awkward and June's ultra possessive, almost demonic expression is chilling.

June was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital just a few months after this photograph was taken, wasn't she? She looks to me like a woman with deep problems. Little wonder that Nevill looks so stressed out and detached from it all.

[andrea]

suzette ford

[mike tesko]

Pictures

[shonapugs]

Remember the thing Colin said Sheila mentioned about June, that she hardly ever hugged her children, her hands just hanging down her sides.
On the photo of her holding baby Sheila, she seems very stiff, not holding the little girl in an embrace. Baby Sheila is like just propped up against June - her arm, seemingly, hanging down her side. The beby looks as if she could need a hug.
Maybe that is a lot to read into a photo. I just get this cold vibe from this photo of June. Nevill looks nice though.

There's all manner of revealling psychodynamics going on beneath the surface of this apparently happy family picture. I get exactly the same cold vibe from this photo, Abs, as you do.

Both June and Nevill look stiff and awkward and June's ultra possessive, almost demonic expression is chilling.

June was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital just a few months after this photograph was taken, wasn't she? She looks to me like a woman with deep problems. Little wonder that Nevill looks so stressed out and detached from it all.

I wonder if June simply wasn't the maternal type? Perhaps coping with an adopted baby was too much for her?

[shonapugs]

colin with daniel at sheilas house

And for anyone who is a parent, this picture is truly heartbreaking.

[andrea]

true shona, when i look at these pics in the book, im not affected, but now they are on the forum im upset by them.....strange    very sad, very very sad.

[Alias]

Mike, those pictures of the figures in the trees are very good. Not exactly Jeremy ("Jeremy Pictures"), but nice to see them all the same.

[chochokeira]

Remember the thing Colin said Sheila mentioned about June, that she hardly ever hugged her children, her hands just hanging down her sides.
On the photo of her holding baby Sheila, she seems very stiff, not holding the little girl in an embrace. Baby Sheila is like just propped up against June - her arm, seemingly, hanging down her side. The beby looks as if she could need a hug.
Maybe that is a lot to read into a photo. I just get this cold vibe from this photo of June. Nevill looks nice though.

There's all manner of revealling psychodynamics going on beneath the surface of this apparently happy family picture. I get exactly the same cold vibe from this photo, Abs, as you do.

Both June and Nevill look stiff and awkward and June's ultra possessive, almost demonic expression is chilling.

June was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital just a few months after this photograph was taken, wasn't she? She looks to me like a woman with deep problems. Little wonder that Nevill looks so stressed out and detached from it all.

I wonder if June simply wasn't the maternal type? Perhaps coping with an adopted baby was too much for her?

Hi, Shona. Women aren't generally sectioned under the Mental Health Act for merely being non-maternal or for post adoption stress. June was mentally ill, wasn't she?

[shonapugs]

Remember the thing Colin said Sheila mentioned about June, that she hardly ever hugged her children, her hands just hanging down her sides.
On the photo of her holding baby Sheila, she seems very stiff, not holding the little girl in an embrace. Baby Sheila is like just propped up against June - her arm, seemingly, hanging down her side. The beby looks as if she could need a hug.
Maybe that is a lot to read into a photo. I just get this cold vibe from this photo of June. Nevill looks nice though.

There's all manner of revealling psychodynamics going on beneath the surface of this apparently happy family picture. I get exactly the same cold vibe from this photo, Abs, as you do.

Both June and Nevill look stiff and awkward and June's ultra possessive, almost demonic expression is chilling.

June was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital just a few months after this photograph was taken, wasn't she? She looks to me like a woman with deep problems. Little wonder that Nevill looks so stressed out and detached from it all.

I wonder if June simply wasn't the maternal type? Perhaps coping with an adopted baby was too much for her?

Hi, Shona. Women aren't generally sectioned under the Mental Health Act for merely being non-maternal or for post adoption stress. June was mentally ill, wasn't she?

Yes, I'm sure that you're right, Choch. I just wondered if that was what pushed her over the edge?

[mike tesko]

Mike, those pictures of the figures in the trees are very good. Not exactly Jeremy ("Jeremy Pictures"), but nice to see them all the same.

............

Why thank you, they are all part of my private collection, and I thought I would simply introduce them as a sort of temporary diversion, some of those old photographs which have been posted by Andrea, are wonderful, moving, distressing, and give each and everyone of us a deep insight into the fabric of the family and other actors in this very sad tragedy...

[HMEssex]

Remember the thing Colin said Sheila mentioned about June, that she hardly ever hugged her children, her hands just hanging down her sides.
On the photo of her holding baby Sheila, she seems very stiff, not holding the little girl in an embrace. Baby Sheila is like just propped up against June - her arm, seemingly, hanging down her side. The beby looks as if she could need a hug.
Maybe that is a lot to read into a photo. I just get this cold vibe from this photo of June. Nevill looks nice though.

There's all manner of revealling psychodynamics going on beneath the surface of this apparently happy family picture. I get exactly the same cold vibe from this photo, Abs, as you do.

Both June and Nevill look stiff and awkward and June's ultra possessive, almost demonic expression is chilling.

June was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital just a few months after this photograph was taken, wasn't she? She looks to me like a woman with deep problems. Little wonder that Nevill looks so stressed out and detached from it all.

I wonder if June simply wasn't the maternal type? Perhaps coping with an adopted baby was too much for her?

Possibly Shona.  It's one thing wanting a baby but actually having one and suddenly having to cope with all their needs - leaking at both ends and sleepless nights etc - is another thing, and a shock.

I hadn't realised June was sectioned when Sheila was a baby I thought it was in the 1980s.

[Alias]

Mike, those pictures of the figures in the trees are very good. Not exactly Jeremy ("Jeremy Pictures"), but nice to see them all the same.

............

Why thank you, they are all part of my private collection, and I thought I would simply introduce them as a sort of temporary diversion, some of those old photographs which have been posted by Andrea, are wonderful, moving, distressing, and give each and everyone of us a deep insight into the fabric of the family and other actors in this very sad tragedy...

Yes, sometimes a picture can say more than a thousand words - isn´t that the saying?
Really, REALLY thanks a lot Andrea and Mike for the work of scanning and uploading all this and sharing it.

[HMEssex]

Mike, those pictures of the figures in the trees are very good. Not exactly Jeremy ("Jeremy Pictures"), but nice to see them all the same.

............

Why thank you, they are all part of my private collection, and I thought I would simply introduce them as a sort of temporary diversion, some of those old photographs which have been posted by Andrea, are wonderful, moving, distressing, and give each and everyone of us a deep insight into the fabric of the family and other actors in this very sad tragedy...

Oh, thought we were perhaps meant to be 'seeing' things in these pictures of trees! Time I went to bed I think!