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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: RobinEssex on Sunday 30 January 11 17:29 GMT (UK)
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My gt gt grandfather, George Frederick Baker (1859 - 1944) was a bit of a character. Known as 'Quark' he lived the last 15 years of his life in a Crofters caravan in a field above the village of Bures Hamlet in Essex.
His occupation was that of a rat-catcher although he undertook any farm labouring jobs on offer. He was abit of a local eccentric, especially known for riding his three wheeled bike.
According to family legend (and this has been varified by three seperate sources), Quark was featured in a national magazine article. Photographs taken of Quark riding his trike were used in the magazine. A few have been uncovered and were found to be dated 1935 on the reverse.
Unfortunately the name of the magazine wasn't noted on the photographs and no one can remember the magazines name either.
Given the above info on my gt gt grandfather and the year of 1935, can anyone suggest what would have been the most likely magazine that the article would have appeared in?
I'm really hoping to find this article / magazine so any help would be gratefully received.
Thank you,
Rob
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Hi
At the bottom of a page about him it mentions the Picture Post Magazine. You may or may not be aware of the site so here's the link anyway
http://www.bures-online.co.uk/crofters/crofters.htm
Shelly
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Hi Shelly
Thank you for your reply and for the link to the Bures-Online website. Unfortunately, i am already aware of that feature.........because I wrote it !! ;D
When i wrote that feature two years ago 'Picture Post' did seem the most likely source for the article. But then the 1935 photos turned up which put Picture Post out of the running, as it didn't begin publishing until 1938. :(
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Rob - a few ideas:
Country Life (had its centenary so was around in the 30s) has an online picture library:
http://www.countrylifeimages.co.uk/
Farmers Weekly was founded 1934, according to wikipedia
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Home/
Farmers Guardian may not have been national if I'm reading wikipedia correctly and it is accurate:
http://www.farmersguardian.com/
In case - sometimes Google Books has magazines listed, so if you haven't already been there it may be worth a check.
Good luck!
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Rob
It sounds the sort of story which might have been carried by John Bull Magazine. Wikipedia confirms it was about then.
Pete
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mshrmh & pete,
thank you both very much for your replies and suggestions which i'll definately be following up.
thanks again.
Rob