The pictures and letters were part of my grandmothers effects and they
completed my mothers cherished collected memories of her father.
Richard Hesketh, grandson
of Percival Richards, British administrator and photographer.
As a child, I remember being entranced by the few pictures
we had, it was as if my "adventure stories for boys" had somehow come
alive and he brought the fantasy of pioneering bravery into everyday
reality. -- I still value his
existence and think of him with a fondness somehow disproportionate to
my relationship with him. -- Richard Hesketh
