Hi Annie,
re Yorkshire relatives, we just don't talk about it!!: LOL .
Its interesting about origins, sometimes one gets a surprise. That's the fun of genealogy of course. My Pope family, as far as I knew, originated in (Alvanley)Cheshire. Some of them may have lived in Liverpool. There is/was a 'Pope St.' in Liverpool I understand , hmmm?
After looking on that site that tells you where the predominanace of certain names is, and was,
http://www.spatial-literacy.org/ I was surprised to see 'Pope' originated mostly on the South Coast and the South West. Perhaps they were a seafaring family and that's how they ended up near Liverpool.
I am barely able to remember Tommy Handley the comedian myself, but I know my parents loved him.
Re the 'old mystery photograph', I do love looking at these old photos and I know most other people do. I think its amazing how they can be enhanced for clarity.
Its so nice when people share them too. I hope more of this sharing happens. It is marvelous to find a picture of a relative when you didn't know the photo existed!
That has happened to me twice now. I was doing a random search in archives one time and up popped the name I was casually looking for. It was a picture of my great grandfather! (Frankish family, of Yorkshire)I was able to get a copy of this picture.
It was being held in Manchester archives. Wonderful!
The second photo was given to me by an older relative, it was of my great grandmother and grandmother, and again, I never knew this photo existed. I was very moved to see the face of my G.grandmother.
