I have found that Robert Sparke Hutchings was the very first Vicar of St Andrew’s Church, Monkton Wyld in 1850
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Quaker Wedding 1820 by Percy Bigland
We have a super Market in Bridport on Wednesday’s and Saturday’s. The Saturday one is the largest, and there are many selling Antiques and Vintage stuff. I have often picked up Old Photos when we’ve been wandering along the stalls. On a recent visit I saw this large picture hanging outside a stallholders house, by…
Ellen & William Fairbank of Lelley
A beautifully dressed Lady, probably a mourning photo
The Wallace Family Old Photos
What a super Old Photo !! They look a lovely family, certainly not poor. The children and the parents are all very well dressed. When you turn it over there are names written on the back ! What a bonus ! It says “ L-R My Grandmother, Isabella Wallace, My Mother, L/Ginetta Wallace, My Uncle,…
The Silby & Seagust Family
I love family group photos, and when the name of the family is written on the back..just pure gold for me. Once again I had a very lucky find. I hadn’t realized until I got home, that I had found three old photos from the same family ! How fabulous ! Below is the back…
Royal Sussex Regiment WWI Album
I just couldn’t let these men be forgotten.There are 33 Photos in total.
John Jackson Bishop of London + Mystery CDV’s
During this year I have found & added an enormous amount of Old Photos to my collection, lots still I have not scanned. Among these an astonishing amount of CDV’s (Carte de Visite) which I adore ! They are even more super when they have a name and/or a date on the back ! But…
Felix Drake Webbing Manufacturer & Arthur Green Holcombe Brewery
On a stall for sale at the end of last year, I saw displayed in a cellophane sleeve an old letter, while I was looking & trying to read it the seller said ‘If you’re interested I have some more of those’ So I ended up buying all six letters for £1 each. This is…
