Daphne's Drivel

Since I just retired a few days ago after 28 years at the TBCC in Calgary, working as a Radiation Therapist (mostly as a Dosimetrist), I was thinking back to the early days when I started a a Student "Therapeutic Radiographer" in Belfast in 1978. The funny thing is I have zero photos from those days, except for this very murky one below taken in 1980, probably just before I graduated (we called it "qualifying"). I suppose people didn't take many photos back then. Cellphones weren't invented, there was no internet, so there was no "sharing" as we know it today! I remember having this simple little film camera that never took very good photos - that's what must have been used for this picture. I would send the film off in the post to "Truprint" to have it developed. That must have been cheaper than taking it to the local Chemist shop (drug store to North Americans) for developing, which was the other option.

Retiremen t seem s lik e a goo d tim e t o star t somethin g ne w.... lik e a blo g, righ t? Neve r di d i t befor e, s o ther e wil l b e a lo t t o lear n alon g th e wa y. Mayb e i t wil l evolv e ove r tim e, bu t fo r no w m y hop e i s t o kee p friend s an d famil y u p t o dat e o n Fran k's an d m y activitie s, whethe r i t's trave l storie s an d photo s, hike s o r bik e ride s, o r othe r rando m thought s an d storie s. S o I hop e yo u' l l chec k i n onc e i n a whil e an d joi n ou r journe y - wh o know s wher e i t wil l tak e u s!! Even better, make comments and suggestions, I'd love to hear from you 😊.