1951 – Photo of our Father at the front door looking very young and pleased with himself
1951
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probably very early days at either the opening of the shop or just after.
Our father’s real name was Bronislaw Malinowski, he was born in 1926 in Cambria, in Northern France. His parents returned to Poland in 1928 when he was 2 years old and lived in Grudiadz. He settled in Kelso, Scotland after the war.
In 1951 he would have been 25 years old.
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