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• murrayatuptowngaller Holland, MINew wooden guitars

  April 27 Posts: 102

  If she looked 23 instead of 32 or 22 instead of 42, we can blame it on our own age :O)

  Interesting story. Maybe, as Stephane Grapelli said, 'he didn't own a watch', maybe Ms. Jayat didn't own a watch or calendar.
• ChrisMartin Shellharbour NSW Australia✭✭ Petrarca, Hofner, Burns, Kremona Zornitsa, Fender, Epiphone

  April 27 Posts: 991

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/121142#Comment_121142

  Indeed David was still young, although within the context of this discussion 15 may be considered adult enough in the gypsy community. But that is why I suggested "contact David (Reinhardt) to ask if he remembers his father ever mentioning Sandra." rather than ask him for his own memories. It is often mentioned how a lot of the gypsies we read about, those related to Django and those who pass on the musical tradition, form part of a close community, and it is probable that David would have heard of or known something of Sandra who was an aunt after all.
• lucky New

  April 27 Posts: 81

  Ah, a bit older than I thought (still too young to lose a father of course).
• TonyRees New South Wales, Australia✭

  April 27 Posts: 147

  I have taken the liberty of assembling all the images I have of the (young) Sandra into a montage, below, with alternative ages based on the suggested "younger" vs "older" dates of birth, respectively (i.e. c.1939 vs 1930). Let me know which you would pick as the more likely... Regards, Tony

  

  
  

  
• lucky New

  3:34AM Posts: 81

  Thanks Tony - she was certainly a striking woman and those high cheekbones would have kept her looking young her whole life. It's a shame we don't have any later pictures, I guess she must have disappeared from the scene after 1972, yet still well-known enough for her death to be noticed?

  I still tend towards the older look - I think she looks quite assured and grown up, particularly in the 1972 pictures. It's really hard to tell from photos though, there's a ten year gap covered here and she looks pretty much the same in all of them. Make-up, hair dye, lighting and a good photographer will all be working to conceal ageing,
• lucky New

  3:53AM Posts: 81

  I've found a couple of dateable photos from later in her life:

  

  This appears to be from 1984 so either 54 or 45.

  

  This is from a book published in 1992 so either 62 or 53.

  
  

  

  Another from 1992
• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E

  4:04AM Posts: 1,580

  To further cloud the situation, here's a bio that states 1940 as her year of birth.

  https://www.theromanielders.org/elders/2/12/