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Category Archives: Family
Sally Kindberg and more Nottingham connections
Recently I visited Nottingham, had a very positive meeting with a representative of Nottingham Castle to discuss plans for running writing/comic strip workshops at the Castle, explored the Castle tunnels and stayed with an old primary school friend and his … Continue reading
Christopher Kindberg
My dear younger brother Christopher Kindberg died in London on 31st July, and was buried in Snowdonia on the 31st August 2022. Here we are in happier times. Christopher is on the far right with my lovely little sister M, … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and the death of a brother
Early on Sunday 31st July my dear brother Christopher died. He was in hospital for three months, at University College Hospital and the Neurological hospital in London. I read to him and held his hand when I visited over the … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg and the Arthur Spooner portrait
In the early 2000s I visited my mother with my daughter and asked to see her large portrait, painted by Nottingham artist Arthur Spooner, whose painting of Goose Fair I mention in the last blogpost. This portrait, blotchy with damp, … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged anti-hunt, Arthur Spooner, foxes, Nottingham Park Estate, Nottingham portrait, portrait
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Sally Kindberg’s notes about her childhood in Nottingham
This seems to be a recurring theme (far too often?) in notes for my graphic mystery/memoir. From the age of three I occasionally stayed at my grandmother’s house in Nottingham, periods coinciding with my mother disappearing, then turning up with … Continue reading
Sally Kindberg’s work in progress/identity
These are name tapes I had made for my mother when she was in her 90s and living in a nursing home. Apart from being shocked when she attempted (three or four times) to strangle me – I tried not … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Family, Work in progress
Tagged comic strip, dementia, family, Finnish wedding skirt, handwriting, identity, mother, mystery/memoir, nursing homes, wedding skirt, work in progress
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Sally Kindberg’s notes (possibly for her mystery/memoir)
UNDERGROUND From the Nottingham Caves Survey February 2011 http://nottinghamcavessurvey.org.uk/mycave.htm One of the major goals of the project is to assess the archaeological importance of Nottingham’s caves. Some are currently scheduled monuments and are of great local and national importance. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Family, Writing
Tagged caves, Museum of Dust, mystery/memoir, Nottingham, Nottingham Castle, Nottingham caves, Nottingham Caves Survey, the Park, underground
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Sally Kindberg’s Stranger, a work in progress (pencil roughs)
Pencil roughs for Stranger, a work in progress, a mystery/memoir in comic strip form. It’s moving slowly, but moving at least …
Posted in Drawings, Family, Work in progress
Tagged comic strip, dreams, faces, handwritten text, memoir, mother, mystery/memoir, pencil roughs, stranger
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Mother’s Day
Lovely Mother’s Day yesterday with fab daughter in the sunshine. Even got a cup of tea in bed! Here she is last summer with friendly hound.