Another slice of the past

Once I found an old photographic slide on the floor in the bungalow. It was covered in dirt, but I cleaned it because I wanted to know who it was a picture of and whether that person once lived where I live now. When we first moved to Scotia St. in 1991, Betty, the elderly lady next door at number 3 gave us a big welcome and said it was lovely to have a young couple move in AFTER ALL THE TROUBLE. It turns out that the police were regular visitors to the house BECAUSE OF TEENAGE DELINQUENT behavior. This included a collection of stolen bikes, the setting on fire of property down the road(!), and loud music played by presumably angry and carefree teens whilst the single-mother was out. There was graffiti on the INSIDE of our back fence, and some sort of shotgun blast through the original bungalow door. 10 years after finding the original slide of a woman in her 20’s in profile, I found a second one yesterday. This one is in much better condition, and features a couple in their late 20’s (I think) sitting at a table behind a large vase of daggy old lillies. The man wears an unusual silver neckpiece. The woman also wears a fine silver neckpiece. Both have long hair. The man is preoccupied; holding what looks like the handle of a fondue fork. The woman is looking away and is perhaps mildy disinterested in her partner. The background looks pinkish – the inside of the bungalow? My guess is the early 80’s. Is this the troubled mother and her ex? old-slide.jpg