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I have always been fascinated by old photos. Having seen so many great pcs in the Thurso/Wick threads I am staring this one to show photos of your dear family.
I would like to start with my great-grand parents and my grandma (standing 3rd from left in the back row) Photo from about 1915
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/om.jpg
This is my granddad from my moms side, thank goodness I have been spared with those ears! Photo from about 1920
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/op.jpg
This is my granddad from my dads side, just old enough to go to war. Photo from about 1916
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/op2.jpg
Brilliant idea for a thread Raven! Love old photos! Off to dig some out! :D
Sorry for the quality, but it is the only picture I have of my great grandfather John Sinclair and his wife Margaret and their family taken around 1910 in Caithness.
http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/john sinclair family.jpg
Here's a pic of my dad and my aunt, taken in approx 1948
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa296/jmbudge/Dadaftercrop.jpg
My Grandparents, Walter Dunnet and Christine Lowe, married during the war. I've some much older pictures to find!
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa296/jmbudge/GrannyandGrandadsWedding800.jpg
My Grandfather and Grandmother taken just before he set off for the first world war 1914
@ donsinc
WOW I thought 8 kids on my pic is hard to top, but you surely mastered that easily! :-)
@ Julia & coastown
Beautyful wedding photos!! I am puzzled about the spoon though :-)
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh135/caty04/scan0001-1.jpg
My great, great, great grandparents with their daughter, my great, great, grand aunt.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh135/caty04/scan0002-1.jpg
My great, great, great, grandmother.
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh135/caty04/scan0003-1.jpg
My great, great, great grandfather.
Sorry I don't know the date of the pics.
Wifie, that first one, they are standing on grass so it is a good chance it was taken at the county show, just an idea?
What beautiful pictures , thank you for showing them.
There must be many good stories here - what happened to them all? Did they leave Caithness? Endless stories I am sure.
I love to see the different style of dress, especially for children, they all look so bonnie.
As to the Wooden Spoon, it was a Marriage Token, perhaps to wish the Bride 'Happy Cooking'. Better than getting a rolling pin I suppose !
Many thanks to all,
Trinkie
Uuh wifie, superb stuff! The quality is still amazing after so many years! Somehow they remind me of the movie "The Others" :-)
Wifie, that first one, they are standing on grass so it is a good chance it was taken at the county show, just an idea?
Wow fantastic spotting Rheggers - I actually think it is carpet because if you look at the bottom of the back drop there is space which looks like wooden floor. It may have been an early forerunner to astroturf tho!
Perhaps you or some of the genealogists on here could keep me right with my "greats" - the pics are of my grandmothers great grandparents so have I got it right?
Wow fantastic spotting Rheggers - I actually think it is carpet because if you look at the bottom of the back drop there is space which looks like wooden floor. It may have been an early forerunner to astroturf tho!
You may be right but I took that as the skirting of the painted scenery behind.:)
This one is of my great grandfather, it was originally black and white but I've colourised it with Paintshop pro.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/Rheghead/Familyhistory/WilfredHMoore.jpg
You may be right but I took that as the skirting of the painted scenery behind.:)
Ah but does the jardiniere not knock that theory on the head or have I got my perspective wrong? :)
This one is of my great grandfather, it was originally black and white but I've colourised it with Paintshop pro.
Good pic Rheggers but I have never been that keen on colourised pics - although I will say it looks like you have done a good job.
psyberyeti
17-Sep-08, 20:49
This is my great Uncle Haydn. I think about 1915. Standing to attention,
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_9033-1.jpg
and, raring to go:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_9034-1.jpg
My Great Uncle was a cool dude - a really nice chap. He was a draper for much of his life.
Excellent thread started there Raven.
Hi psyberyeti - what is yer gt uncle's cap badge? Good lookin chap!
psyberyeti, that's standing at ease [lol], at attention with a fag in his mouth I think not lol
plasticjock
17-Sep-08, 22:05
Hi psyberyeti - what is yer gt uncle's cap badge? Good lookin chap!
Looks like the badge of the King's Royal Rifle Corps.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/Clipboard2.jpg
cazmanian_minx
18-Sep-08, 08:29
Here's mine:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2866722983_c037962a1f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22544094@N00/2866722983/)
The baby is my father, Robert Jones, so this must have been taken some time after April 1933. His mother, Gertrude Gladys Nash, is standing behind, then her mother, Beatrice Dobbs, is seated on the right and her mother (my great-great-grandmother), Jenny Groux, on the left. Jenny was born in Switzerland, my G-G-g/f met her while he was doing national service, fell in love and brought her back to England to marry her. Family rumour has it that she was a Romany gypsy whose family had settled and bought a vineyard out there - and looking at her face, I can believe it!
@ Rheghead,
cool work colourizing the pic, what time was it from?
@Psyber,
A cool dude indeed! I bet Haydn has broken many hearts with his charming smile :-))
@ Cazmanian Minx,
Great pic and great story!
Wifie ............ I couldn't be sure but I'd guess that the cap badge is that of the Royal Scots Greys ?
psyberyeti
18-Sep-08, 19:56
Hi psyberyeti - what is yer gt uncle's cap badge? Good lookin chap!
Hello wifie, he was a cool dude. His regiment was the Sherwood Forresters I believe. He was a really nice chap and had a gorgeous old P6 (or P5) Rover. I thought he was a fantastic bloke. When he died just a few years ago I could not bring myself to go to his funeral.:~(
psyberyeti
18-Sep-08, 20:07
This is my granddad from my dads side, just old enough to go to war. Photo from about 1916
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/op2.jpg
Hello Raven, I love the photo, but when you look at it first of all it looks like he has pushed his bayonet through an A4 sheet of paper. The photographer should have got him to move over just a little.
What is that below the flowers on his jacket. Flashlight? It's hung by a clip from his button, so it looks like it is something they would need more than a flashlight.
He had a decent pair of boots as well.
plasticjock
18-Sep-08, 23:05
Hello Raven, I love the photo, but when you look at it first of all it looks like he has pushed his bayonet through an A4 sheet of paper. The photographer should have got him to move over just a little.
What is that below the flowers on his jacket. Flashlight? It's hung by a clip from his button, so it looks like it is something they would need more than a flashlight.
He had a decent pair of boots as well.
There is a flower inserted into the muzzle of his issue rifle as well as flowers tucked into his tunic. This was fairly common practice for German soldiers about to leave for the front and having their photograph taken.
The torch is a standard issue flashlight issued to soldiers at the front. There were three different coloured discs, red, blue and green that could be rotated across the light source, depending on the requirements.
Although the bottom of his tunic looks untidy, there were pockets on the inside for carrying his 24-hour rations, spare socks and other items that didn't require him to undo his knapsack, greatcoat and blanket pack on his back.
What beautiful photos! I just love looking at them! We found a lovely one when we were renovating a cottage in Balintore a few years ago. We contacted the local newsletter, and found out who the people were. I'll dig it out and post it here. Along with a really gorgeous one of my grandmother!
@ Psyber,
you have very good eyes! First I didnt get at all what you ment by the A4 sheet though, but you are right. It probably was a day where all the new soldiers had had their photos taken and the photographer just did not pay that much attention anymore?
My guess would have been that this was a flash light too, but I was not sure. My Opa died 2 years before I was born and so I never had the opportunity to speak to him about things like that.
@ plasticjoc,
thanks for the enlightening explanation that is much appreciated!
Nice thread, to help it along, please meet my grandparents!
James Henderson
http://andstillipersist.com/wp-content/photo/scotland/James_Henderson.jpg
Mary McDonald
http://andstillipersist.com/wp-content/photo/scotland/Mary_MacDonald2.jpg
Lovely Bruce H, keep them coming!
psyberyeti
19-Sep-08, 21:22
Hello Bruce, I hope you don't mind if I say that your grandmother was absolutely gorgeous.
Anyway, my uncles and grandfather 'packing heat'.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_9016-2.jpg
and then at the party afterwards.....
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_9039.jpg
Their lives are a world away from what I know now.
psyberyeti
19-Sep-08, 22:20
...and my grandfather went to the same phographer as Raven's grandfather. Same gun passed between the photo subjects. :D
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_8948-1-1.jpg
Just like now, our armed forces are photographed laden down with all the necessay equipment before they leave, and then they get to a 'police' zone all their safety and comfort equipment miraculously does not turn up.[disgust]
Great photos! I love the one where they are "packing heat". What is odd about my grandmother is that my brother's daughter is a dead knockoff of her. I don't know if history repeats, but genetics seems to rhyme!
As a former member of the short haircut club for men myself, I can attest to the huge change between "going to war" photos and the conditions at the front.
Just two words to spice up a modern day military picture... camel spider (http://www.camelspiders.net/large-camel-spider.jpg)
Bruce H
Wow bruce funny you should say those to words on the Org! Lovely pics btw!
Psyber - more fabulous images of a bygone era! :)
2little2late
19-Sep-08, 23:54
Hello Bruce, I hope you don't mind if I say that your grandmother was absolutely gorgeous.
and then at the party afterwards.....
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_9039.jpg
Their lives are a world away from what I know now.
The chap on the far right of photo looks like Robert Mitchum.
My great gran Catherine Stewart Milne is on the right, she's with her cousin Christina Miller. Christina Miller's dad was Elder Miller of Halkirk parish.
plasticjock
20-Sep-08, 19:34
My Gran, Johan Munro, on the left, and her sister Barbara around 1912 in Thurso. They later went to Glasgow into domestic service.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/ScanImage045.jpg
This is my Gran, on the left, and her sister Julia making hay on a farm near Thurso approx. 1929.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/ScanImage115.jpg
Buttercup
20-Sep-08, 20:49
Thanks for sharing all the photos folks, I just love looking at them, especially if there's a story behind them. Keep them coming! :D
This is a photo on my grandmother's wedding day. The boy on the extreme left is my father's cousin who was at the battle of Monte Cassino and was awarded with the Victoria Cross.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/Rheghead/Familyhistory/Mygrandmotherswedding.jpg
These photos are fabulous (great idea Raven - again). Plasticjock yer gran and her sisters were very pretty!
plasticjock
21-Sep-08, 11:48
These photos are fabulous (great idea Raven - again). Plasticjock yer gran and her sisters were very pretty!
Aye...their 'looks' gene hasn't transported doon to me.
...Wonder if I was adopted?
Here's another of my Gran circa 1911:
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/Family0103clean.jpg
And a picture of my Great-Grandad Andrew Munro walking up Traill Street, Thurso in the early 30's, wearing his 'pepper & salt' overcoat. He was born in the Fisherbiggins in 1855.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/ScanImage004CLEAN.jpg
cuddlepop
21-Sep-08, 12:56
What a brilliant idea Raven and thank you for all the interesting photo's and stories.
will try and get the scanner to work and post some of mine.:D
This is my Dad, what a cool cucumber he was and to some extent still is at 76. No wonder my Mum fell for him... :-)
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/pa.jpg
[QUOTE=psyberyeti;434538]...and my grandfather went to the same phographer as Raven's grandfather. Same gun passed between the photo subjects. :D
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/IMG_8948-1-1.jpg
QUOTE]
Haha, must have been a travelling photographer then He looks almost like someone I have worked with in the past....
Love the photo of you gangster ancestors, are they Italian?
@ plastic jock, really striking images of your folks!
plasticjock
21-Sep-08, 17:39
[QUOTE=Raven;435389]This is my Dad, what a cool cucumber he was and to some extent still is at 76. No wonder my Mum fell for him... :-)
Definately a touch of the young 'Robert DeNiro' there.
I am thoroughly enjoying this thread, folks! I love looking at photos from days gone by, and seeing how people dressed back then.
Plasticjock, your grandmother looked so sweet! What year was she born? It's interesting to see in the one with your great-grandad, that the two men behind him were also wearing berets and smoking pipes. The man directly behind him also seemed to have a moustache, and I'm willing to bet that the one on the left did too! It makes me think of Sir John's Square, and all the owld mannies who used to sit on the bench behind the war memorial, in the 1960s and 70s. Most of them had a moustache, wore a beret, and smoked a pipe! :)
Not sure when this photo of my mother-in-laws great grandfather was taken, but think it was around the mid 1800s.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/DonMcN.jpg
Wonder what it was like to take photos back then?
Striking astroman! Love the pose!
plasticjock
22-Sep-08, 22:26
Not sure when this photo of my mother-in-laws great grandfather was taken, but think it was around the mid 1800s.
Wonder what it was like to take photos back then?
Looks like he was a ghillie-cum-gamekeeper for a local laird.
He appears to be holding a single-barrel, muzzle-loading percussion rifle. Percussion was more weather tolerant than flintlock/powder weapons.
I think the picture was probably taken after 1875 due to the long exposure times required before then, up to ten seconds with no blinking allowed......it's also the reason why you rarely see live animals in the earlier ones. There's no way of getting them to be still.
After then the exposure times were brought down to 1/25th of a second which tended to eliminate the head blurring of earlier pictures.
Lovely picture though.
plasticjock
22-Sep-08, 22:52
I am thoroughly enjoying this thread, folks! I love looking at photos from days gone by, and seeing how people dressed back then.
Plasticjock, your grandmother looked so sweet! What year was she born? It's interesting to see in the one with your great-grandad, that the two men behind him were also wearing berets and smoking pipes. The man directly behind him also seemed to have a moustache, and I'm willing to bet that the one on the left did too! It makes me think of Sir John's Square, and all the owld mannies who used to sit on the bench behind the war memorial, in the 1960s and 70s. Most of them had a moustache, wore a beret, and smoked a pipe! :)
Well, my gran was born in 1894 in Bank Street and died in 1976 in Bank Court.
Pipes and flat caps seemed to be de rigeur for the men of Thurso (and most other places as well) back in the older days. There was, as you well remembered, a collection of auld chappies sitting on those benches round the War Memorial.
These men, fishermen, farmers, slaters, quarrymen et al, maintained what was quintessential to the town before the coming of Dounreay. There was also the fishwives and school ma'rms who added considerably to the character of the place.
It would be nice to see some symbolic commemorative statues of these ordinary people sitting on a bench somewhere. The famous and notorious get a look in why not the ordinary plebs?
Here is another picture from around 1905 with my gran in the centre.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/ScanImage37crop.jpg
And another of my great-grandad circa 1877.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/ScanImage58a.jpg
These are first my Sinclair gg grandparents (same ones as donsinc's)..........
and my MacDonald ones.
And my mother, with her parents, brother and sisters taken about 1924 (my mother is the baby)
darkie@dreamtilt.com.au
23-Sep-08, 09:13
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j4/thursorobin/IMG_0312.jpg
This is my Grany Robertson with my Mum and 3 sisters
darkie@dreamtilt.com.au
23-Sep-08, 09:15
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j4/thursorobin/IMG_0259.jpg
This is my father Angus Sinclair with his Grandfather James Sinclair
Looks like he was a ghillie-cum-gamekeeper for a local laird.
He appears to be holding a single-barrel, muzzle-loading percussion rifle. Percussion was more weather tolerant than flintlock/powder weapons.
I think the picture was probably taken after 1875 due to the long exposure times required before then, up to ten seconds with no blinking allowed......it's also the reason why you rarely see live animals in the earlier ones. There's no way of getting them to be still.
After then the exposure times were brought down to 1/25th of a second which tended to eliminate the head blurring of earlier pictures.
Lovely picture though.
Many thanks for the info plasticjock - wasn't sure about the date of the photo, but would have guessed 1860-1870. Maybe the photo makes him look younger than he was. He was a head gamekeeper at an estate in Perthshire.
Really a great thread all, my compliments! Here are a couple more, this time of my father (Ian Henderson) during WW2.
http://andstillipersist.com/wp-content/photo/scotland/Ian_Henderson_Uniform.jpg
Looking smart in his RAF uniform circa 1941. But of course that does not last and you end up with something like this:
http://andstillipersist.com/wp-content/photo/scotland/Ian_Henderson_Guard_Duty.jpg
Which is my father on "guard duty" during a tour in India during WW2.
Keep 'em coming all!
Bruce H
plasticjock
24-Sep-08, 01:30
Which is my father on "guard duty" during a tour in India during WW2.
Keep 'em coming all!
Bruce H
Great pic.
Looks like he picked up a leg injury there...and who's the chappie holding up the Guard Room sign?
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/seumas1285/O4.jpg
A picture of the present Queen's Granny.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/seumas1285/O5.jpg
A Aunt of mine.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/seumas1285/O8.jpg
An Uncle of mine who joined the met. Police at an early age born in Stroma !
Cracking photos everyone!! Please dig deep and keep them coming!
Here is one of my OH`s granddad & grandma
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/113_1310_r1.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/seumas1285/O3.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/seumas1285/O2.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/seumas1285/OO9.jpg
scaraben, your photos are surely "top of the pops"!!
south view 7
29-Sep-08, 21:12
this is my great grandmother with my gf at in the middlehttp://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/gg-gf0037.jpg
I cant get over the fact how elegant some of the ladies were at the time. She had a stunning dress!!!
south view 7
29-Sep-08, 21:35
my gm about 1900 anyone know the uniform..........http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0040.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Untitled-Scanned-02-1.jpg
My maternal grandmother as a young woman.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Untitled-Scanned-03.jpg
Grampy Collings with his terrier when he was a stockman.My paternal grandfather
@ LIZZ, a striking lady your gm, beautiful eyes she had
plasticjock
30-Sep-08, 11:56
my gm about 1900 anyone know the uniform..........http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0040.jpg
I don't recognise the regimental cap badge, southview, but from the cuff embroidery and the 'pill box' cap I would suggest your gm was a member of a Mounted Yeomanry unit...possibly artillery or fusilier.
The cuff embroidery would be white or gold for a regular army uniform and dark blue for volunteer units (though this wasn't always adhered to and could vary widely depending upon rank..and unit commanders!).
The Yeomanry were volunteer companies and as such could not be compelled to serve overseas due to their employment and family commitments....though many did so because of the thrill of travel and adventure.
His lack of medals suggest he had yet to go on campaign.
The Yeomanry were amalgamated with the local militia before WW1 to become what is now the Territorial Army.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/MUMWED.jpg
Grandparents on their wedding day, Granny Jesse on the right
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/GFATHER.jpg
Great grandfather Jack second from left in front row not sure whether Boer War or WW1 .
May be some one will recognise some of the isignia or uniorms, unfortunately don't have any gamily members left to ask.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Untitled-Scanned-06-1.jpg
Thank you all for the messages about my maternal grandmother Florence, this is her in her late 70s, she was one of the gentlest ladies , have many happy memories of her.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Untitled-Scanned-04-1.jpg
Florence's husband George seated on the left with my two uncles, Reg and Alfred just 2 of the eight chidlren that had, 4 girls and 4 boys. Unfortunately I never knwe him as he died a year before I was born.
This is a photo of my Great great Aunt's wedding in 1904, her sister had a hat shop as if it didn't show.:)
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/Rheghead/Familyhistory/ElizabethAnnWilliamswedding.jpg
south view 7
02-Oct-08, 19:31
this is gf & gm before my mother was born,must be end of ww1.http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0044.jpg
Arghh bunches of hair or lops as we called 'em done up with ribbons. I hated that when I was young.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Untitled-Scanned-05-1.jpg
My father with his two sisters, Constance and Ruby.
plasticjock
06-Oct-08, 20:39
From the early thirties. Found amongst my Gran's pictures. Apart from my great-aunt Maggie (Cardosi) on the left, I am unaware of the names of the others in the picture although I suspect they are relatives of Joe Cardosi.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/ScanImage92clean.jpg
My late Dad (left) and some of his chums on Thurso beach around 1933.
To the far left one can make out Nessie getting away from the midgies by having a summer break in the bay.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/ScanImage38clean.jpg
dirdyweeker
06-Oct-08, 21:44
These are first my Sinclair gg grandparents (same ones as donsinc's)..........
and my MacDonald ones.
And my mother, with her parents, brother and sisters taken about 1924 (my mother is the baby)
Great photos from everyone. What a great thread. Lovely to see fashions and styles from another era.
Oddquine.....I notice your gg grandad Macdonald is sitting reading the Groat!:D
south view 7
07-Oct-08, 21:05
One of my gf sisters...
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0042.jpg
south view 7
07-Oct-08, 21:12
anothr of my gf.sisters.http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0043.jpg
Just look at those pinched waists, can hear the whale bone vreaking from here!
Two great pictures.
my late mam's great uncle Angus
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i120/jings00/august%20stuff/scan14-10-200816h17m09s.jpg
Great photos from everyone. What a great thread. Lovely to see fashions and styles from another era.
Oddquine.....I notice your gg grandad Macdonald is sitting reading the Groat!:D
Think that's because the photie was taken by the Groat photographer for the bittie published on their 50th wedding anniversary! :lol:
This is a photo of my Great great Aunt's wedding in 1904, her sister had a hat shop as if it didn't show.:)
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f244/Rheghead/Familyhistory/ElizabethAnnWilliamswedding.jpg
That's a really splendid photo, Rheghead, and I love the hats! Your Great Great Aunt looked very petite. Do you know how tall she was?
anothr of my gf.sisters.http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0043.jpg
What a lovely dress your Great Aunt is wearing, south view 7! Looks to me like it was probably made of velvet. And what a tiny waist!
John Baikie
19-Oct-08, 18:31
What a lovely dress your Great Aunt is wearing, south view 7! Looks to me like it was probably made of velvet. And what a tiny waist!
Clearly photoshopped.... :lol:
Clearly photoshopped.... :lol:
Not necessarily, John. Those bone corsets could work wonders on the female form!
I love all of the old photos being sent in. Like many of you I enjoy seeing the fashions of the day - how beautiful they all were. The waistlines !! Bring back corsets I say.
The gorgeous velvet dress with the rouched leg o' mutton sleeves is one of my favourites so far. I noticed the brooch at her neck - it's of a Thistle likely in silver, with a Cairngorm at the tip, popular at the time, and I have one just like it ! It was given to my mother by one of the Humphrey sisters.
I cant make out the plant - could it be Holly?
Does anyone know the Meaning of Flowers, as I'm sure that would have been used here.
The young woman is wearing a ring - she could be married, and she is also holding a letter - from a loved one? The plant would be relevant in that case !
In the wedding group, there's something going on here as the men each have a hankie in their top pocket, but if you look closely you will see that they are each at a different angle. On the left it's straight across, middle is slightly raised and the right one is quite pointed. There would have been a reason for that - anyone remember?
plasticjock
20-Oct-08, 15:02
I hope I'm posting this in the right forum.
There is a short film on the following Scottish Screen Archive link showing the Thurso Gala Day of 1953.
http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=3721
The full film is sharp, 15 minutes long and quite nostalgic.
It is available on dvd for £17.50 inclusive and is well worth it, in my opinion
I can't show full size captures of the scenes due to copyright issues but have made a thumbnail view to show some of what is availble on the full feature.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i122/manowar_photos/thurso/thumbs20081019201127.jpg
south view 7
01-Nov-08, 21:45
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0045.jpgThis is my grannie taken in yarmouth when she was at the herring gutting,i think the fox is still alive?
south view 7
01-Nov-08, 21:49
This is her with two friends, they new how to keep foxes down in them day"s.........http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/southview7/g0046.jpg
Great pictures South View,
Your grannie has such a kind face.
They were all so elegant with their furs !
Do you have names for the other ladies?
I hope some kind, clever person here will offer to tidy up the picture for you.
I was thinkin that too trinkie cos it is such a bonnie pic! :)
This is One Photograph of my Grand-Father and One Of him again with My Grand-Mother, both from my Father's Side. These Pictures were taken about 1935. Unfortunately I do not have any Photographs from my Mothers Side.
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Swanson85
06-Dec-08, 19:21
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My great grandfather - James Swanson - Castletown
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My great grandmother - Isabella Manson - Castletown
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My grandfather James Swanson and my grandmother Doreen Young. With my great aunt Mary Swanson (School Teacher in Castletown (my grandfather's sister) on the left and my great uncle David Young on the right
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