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isecore t1_iu4onuk wrote

Sunglasses, turtle-neck and a Rolleiflex (or possibly a Yashica, but equally good) now that's the king of cool.

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tvieno t1_iu4r086 wrote

Your grandpa was Ray Orbison?

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Danny_Mc_71 t1_iu4s1t2 wrote

Did he smoke Gitanes? Listen to Jazz?

I will never be as cool as your Grandpa.

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Ok_Pressure1131 t1_iu4simp wrote

Yeah...a twin-lens reflex camera! I need to dig out my old Yashica Mat 124 and shoot some stuff!

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thelmaandpuhleeze t1_iu4sm6w wrote

Was he raised in an orphanage? Did he get out of prison and try to raise $5K to save the orphanage? By playing the funky blues rock? With his brother?

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gestella OP t1_iu4ubz7 wrote

Replying to tvieno (#287,055)

That's really funny you say that, as when he was on holiday in America, a couple in a convertible pulled up beside him shouting "Oh My God Its ROY ORBISON!!"

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bigrom10 t1_iu4upve wrote

That’s Joaquin Phoenix playing your grandpa

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Docgrumpit t1_iu4ww30 wrote

The real "most interesting man in the world".

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bean224_ t1_iu4zx75 wrote

Was your grandfather Jeffrey Dahmer

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dyjcdthvchj t1_iu5197k wrote

What about the ladies in the background?

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gestella OP t1_iu521km wrote

Replying to dyjcdthvchj (#289,175)

My Grandpa was a set designer for the BBC for many years, so I believe this photo to have been taken on set and I imagine the girls in the background were actresses or dancers 😊

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cmkrn1 t1_iu5czxa wrote

old school cool for sure. This should be the banner or icon for this sub

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diskowmoskow t1_iu5d1cp wrote

“Felt cute, might develop the film later”

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Mikelgo06 t1_iu6hi9a wrote

I thought it was John Lennon for a sec

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wifespissed t1_iu6ixqy wrote

He looks like the epitomy of 60s coolness. He snaps instead of claps.

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KtownDetector t1_iu6j9v8 wrote

Anyone else getting Joaquin Phoenix playing Roy Orbison in a biopic vibes?

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LesterBanks t1_iu6r9fa wrote

In later years, a bored and jaded Roy Orbison pursued his interest in black and white photography

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Am_I_leg_end t1_iu6raoa wrote

I refuse to believe anything other than his name is Fritz, and he was a leading member of the Bauhaus movement.

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HickTheMan t1_iu70q10 wrote

I don’t believe that’s a selfie. Don’t think the camera is facing straight and I bet you would see the chair in foreground and reflection

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gestella OP t1_iu83ym6 wrote

Replying to ploptones (#305,100)

He lived a life full if adventure. He came from the slums in Gillingham, Kent in the UK. Born into a very poor family, he enrolled in the navy cadets at a young age (11ish?) and got a job cleaning the toilets on the ships on the weekends (gross!) to help support his family. His father was an alcoholic who died young, but he had a very good relationship with his mother and after opening up to her about wanting to go to art school (nobody in his family had ever been to university), she supported him on his quest to gaining a full scholarship to one of the leading art schools in the U.K. During his time at art school he met my Grandma, who came from a rather wealthy family (her dad owned various Jaguar car dealerships in the U.K, and also a very successfull timber company in Bedford, U.K) and they got married a year or so later and rented a flat in London overlooking the Thames (for 8 pounds a month, which apparently back then was quite the steal!) After art school, my Grandpa went on to get a job at the BBC where he ended up working for over 40 years as a set designer. He travelled all over the world designing sets for Top of The Pops, Miss USA, Dr Who etc etc etc. The list goes on and on lol.. he lived a very fulfilling life!

I ended up moving in with my grandparents when I was 13 as I was having trouble living with my mum and stepdad (I grew up in Singapore up until that point), so he was a real father figure to me. He died 7 years ago yesterday, although it feels like just a few years ago ☹️. My Grandma is still alive and I am incredibly close to her still, which is nice.

Thank you kind stranger for asking me about his life... writing about it has been really cathartic for me and brought back so many memories which I had forgotten, so thank you for that! Xx

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walluper t1_iu9213b wrote

Dieter from Sprocket?

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ploptones t1_iu9la3v wrote

Replying to gestella (#308,528)

And thank you for sharing this wonderful and heartfelt story. I was very close to my dad and he passed 14 years ago. My own experience is that I still miss him very much, but the painful ache of him not physically being with me has ebbed away as the years have gone by. It has been replaced with the lovely “brain vignettes” I have of the simple daily things he did as a dad that showed he loved me. And more come daily. Yesterday I pulled out starch, which I have not used in decades. When I smelled it, it took me back to when my mom would let me iron the front hankies he used to wear in his suit front pocket. I was so proud of them, and when he wore them. So I promise- that gaping hole you feel in your heart will continue to fill in with the warmth of his memories.

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talentsmart t1_iuaasmd wrote

I think he used this for his Tinder profile. Hence Grandma came along.

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