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Merry
01-01-13, 11:09
January 2013

Each month we will be asking members to post up family history photographs from a particular catagory. As we have covered soldiers and sailors in the last couple of months, it's now time for relatives in other uniforms to get in on the act! Do you have any photos of people in uniform from the past? Perhaps you have photos of family members who worked for the railways or the Royal Mail, or wore school uniform, were servants in livery or in the Royal Air Force or Flying Corps? I'm sure there are lots of possibilities I've not thought of, so let's be seeing them!!!

Photos posted on this thread will eventually be added to our 'Decades of Family History Photographs' forum in order to help others with dating old photographs. (You are welcome to post any photos you like directly to the Decades forum at any time; these monthy requests are just further encouragement!)

Please note that this thread is on an open forum so any captions to your photos may be picked up by Google searches. If you are lucky you may make a family history contact through your post! I made my best family history contact ever through a photograph caption posted on this site!

There is no restriction to the number of photographs you post each month - the more the merrier! However, please make separate posts if your photos are from different decades. Remember to caption your photograph and if you know the date or approximate date, please state that also. If you are unsure, then that is something we can discuss on the thread.

You will need to use photobucket or a similar site to host your pictures. If possible please scan your photos at between 300 and 600dpi - if you need help with uploading your images see here:

How to upload images (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=46496&postcount=2)

Please make sure you have the permission of any named living people in your photos to post their image.

Guinevere
02-01-13, 06:57
Tom Edmonds 1879 - 1960

Porter for LNER (London and North Eastern Railway)

Taken after 1911 but before 1920

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/Guinevere13_2006/family%20photos/4c28d26b.jpg

Guinevere
02-01-13, 07:07
Crumlin Mine Rescue Team, 1923

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m185/Guinevere13_2006/CrumlinRescueStation19231200_zps82b6c801.jpg

Merry
02-01-13, 09:29
Oooh, nice photo Gwynne! How are you connected to Crumlin? My great-great-uncle was one of the engineering designers for the Crumlin Viaduct and lived in Mynyddyslwyn for about 15 years in the 1850s-1870s.

Guinevere
02-01-13, 09:45
OOOh, Merry a lot of my Welsh lot were in and out of Mynyddyslwyn.

This photo belongs to OH. The chap in the middle, not in uniform, is his grandfather who trained rescue workers, having been one himself.

Merry
02-01-13, 09:50
That's interesting. I don't think I'd fancy being a mine rescuer ;(

Guinevere
02-01-13, 10:01
Nope. Very brave men.

Margaret in Burton
09-01-13, 11:31
Percy Edward Stanbridge 1904-1982

Presume taken mid to late 1910's

A Roman Catholic.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/PercyEdwardStanbridge1918.jpg

Margaret in Burton
09-01-13, 11:34
still living, choir boy C of E.

Late 1950's to early 1960's


http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/BarksDouglas.jpg

Margaret in Burton
09-01-13, 11:36
Father Frances William Stanbridge 1885-1962

RC Priest at
Solihull 1911-1918,
Southam, Warwickshire, 1918-1922,
Pershore 1922-1923,
Rugeley 1923-1927,
Besford Court 1927,
Fenton , 1927-1935,
Leamington 1935-1945,
Hampton on the Hill, 1945-1950
and Alton, Staffordshire 1950-1962.

I have no idea when this was taken.


http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/FatherFrancisWilliamStanbridge2.jpg


I'm not sure if this is the same man.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/FatherFrancisWilliamStanbridge3.jpg

Margaret in Burton
09-01-13, 11:39
Edward Stanbridge 1863-1946

Railway Clerk, Midland Railway in Burton on Trent. I believe he worked his way up to Station Master.

Unsure when this was taken.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/EdwardStanbridge.jpg

Margaret in Burton
09-01-13, 11:41
Dorothy Agnes Stanbridge 1926-1996

Unsure when it was taken.


http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/DorothyStanbridge3.jpg

Margaret in Burton
09-01-13, 11:44
Leslie Wilfred Newey 1920-1978

RAF Technician during WW2. ( Third from left, middle row on the second pic )


http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/NeweyLeslie2.png


http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu326/margharrison/NeweyLeslieRAFmiddlerow3rdfromleft.png

Merry
09-01-13, 14:18
This is OH's great-grandmother, Lucy Annie Rogers, née Cotton (1868-1947), taken during WW1.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m13/merry_monty_montgomery/Shauns%20Family%20History%20Photos/LucyCotton2.jpg

Merry
09-01-13, 14:23
This is my 2nd cousin, 3xremoved, Thackwell Gillett Smith (1862-1928) - grocer of Charlbury, Oxfordshire - in his part time job as one of the fire crew for the local brigade. I would think this photo was taken about 1912. Thackwell is second from the left.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m13/merry_monty_montgomery/My%20Family%20History%20Photos/ThackwellGSmith1.jpg

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