Lovely surprise from the past!

[dwalin]

wow its absolutly fantastic.
something to treasure.

[Su]

Prue,
How absolutely super, and to have a photo of the fireplace with Edward's carved name on it, an added bonus.  How kind of Sir Owen Croft to write back to you.  His family obviously treasure the fireplace to have work done on it.  And what a nice warm feeling to know 'Teddy' was also very well thought of by the family, fondly so, in the case of the Aunty. 

Love
Su

[dennford]

Great stuff Prue,

                                                  Denn

[Keith Bateman]

Fabulous Prue - better than a certificate any day!!

You also have his "proper" signature as well.

Shows what you can do by getting in touch with "strangers" - some people are nearly as keen as we are!

Cheers

Keith

[PrueM]

Thanks all of you for your kind words 
I am still chuffed about this and it's been almost two weeks since I got the pics!  Small victories...

Cheers
Prue

[Time]

Good piece of family history. That's what is really nice about doing the 'tree'. The unexpected, the coincidences, the tangible links to the past. Shame about -no photo- unless of course you already have some.
Time

[PrueM]

Hi Time,
I agree, it's great to pad out the tree with more than names and dates 
No, we don't have any photos of Ned at all...I only have photos of his nephew John (my g-g-grandfather).
Ned was born in Cork, Ireland, and came to Australia in 1841 with his parents and siblings.  He lived to the ripe old age of 99!    Must be something to be said for country life - and perhaps no wife   

Thank you all for your interest 

Prue

[Anakie]

What a great piece of craftmansship to find still existing and especially with such close ties to your family as well.
I was wondering if you would still have the contact details for the owners of Salisbury Court Station as I would like to contact them myself in regards to my ancestors who spent some years there back in the 1800's. On my grandfather's birth certificate, and that of his brother's, it states they were both born on Salisbury Court Station, one in 1885 and the other in 1886. Both their parents also left Salisbury Court Station as their usual place of residence on their marriage certificate. So I would like to get in touch with the owner to see if there may be any old work ledgers etc still left as am not sure what this family was doing on that property.

Thanks

[Jool]

Prue, what a beautifully carved fireplace, and with such basic tools, it's lovely to have his name carved in it too.  I would be thrilled to bits with the photos.

Well done for being "brave" enough to write to Sir Owen and get such a fabulous result - a lesson to us all.

Maybe you could be cheeky enough to e-mail him and ask if there are any photos of Teddy, maybe photos were taken of the young aunt riding with him 

Jool