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Title: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: Chloe1989 on Monday 27 September 10 19:00 BST (UK)
Possibly great grandad but not sure! Any ideas what sort of date this might have been taken? Thank you!
Title: Re: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 29 September 10 20:10 BST (UK)
Just raising this one before it slips off the board...I''m sure the daters will be along soon to offer their expert knowledge.
Carol
Title: Re: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: Treetotal on Saturday 02 October 10 16:26 BST (UK)
Any takers for a date for Chloe ::)
Carol
Title: Re: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: HeatherLynne on Saturday 02 October 10 16:53 BST (UK)
I'm not a dater but wonder if the items on table and indeed the tablecloth might be more of an indicator of date than the gentleman's clothes?  Not that I can date the pattern on the tablecloth or add anything useful but someone might recognise it perhaps?  It almost looks like it's been printed on oilcloth or somesuch as it looks a bit stiff for ordinary cotton.

Hope someone comes along soon with more idea than me!    Heather
Title: Re: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: Chloe1989 on Sunday 03 October 10 12:39 BST (UK)
Thank you Carol and Heather! The table items idea could work! The photograph is about 9 by 6 cms and on the back of it there is "velox" stamped about 3 times if that helps anyone...!
Title: Re: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 03 October 10 13:11 BST (UK)
It looks like it could be a prize winning photo as there is a medal on the table to the right...the silverware could be prizes won for shooting and the dog could be a gun dog...just a thought.
Carol
Title: Re: A rough date for man and dog?
Post by: Chloe1989 on Tuesday 05 October 10 12:22 BST (UK)
Possible, could also be a medal from WW1? Not sure what sort of date these types of photos were taken!