Swedlow Central

The House on Remington

This is where my grandparents, Anne and Morris, raised Gerry, Bobby and David, the three Swedlow brothers. Gerry is the oldest. Bobby is the middle child and David is the youngest. I’ll have to talk about them another time.

Anyway, this house is on Remington Road in Bexley, a little city-within-a-city leafy enclave surrounded by Columbus, Ohio. Bexley was not quite built out during the 1950’s from what I was told by my father, Gerry. This house is about a block or so away from the main public elementary school, Cassingham and its attending Bexley Junior and Bexley High School buildings, which take over several blocks of land. All three brothers went to Bexley schools. My grandparents moved here from Boston when my dad was 8. My dad told me it was a wonderful place to grow up in the 1950’s. The white stones you see in the photo, below, are commonly found adorning many houses in Bexley: I’m not sure what they are. Overall, houses in Bexley lean towards an English aesthetic, which probably has something to do with the fact that it’s named after the original Bexley, an eastern borough of London in the UK.

Gerry in Good Form

Anne & Morris Swedlow – 1930’s?

Our grandparents were so dashing.

Gerry & Tracy Swedlow in Columbus

I love this photo of my father and myself. I think I remember it: I can feel the wicker between my hands and little pinafore dress elastic on my legs. I remember my father placing this little chair in the warm, fresh summer grass and climbing up into it. Or, I think I remember. My dad was a pretty loving cool dude.

Gerry and His “Easy” Processed Food

Gerry Swedlow loved his “easy” Jimmy Dean processed food and ketchup….The video rights itself as soon as you press the play button. Nobody ever said he kept Kosher!

Happy Grandpa Morris

Thought Grandpa Morris’ face should be our family icon. What do you think? I think this was at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.  Not sure of the year. It was taken on a Polaroid camera.

Gerry & Judie Swedlow

So much love for these people. Gerry and Judie. Miss you Dad!