Can anyone identify this Location

[dennford]

Demijohn - I did say a small one, no idea what it would be called but I think I can make out a bottle with a glass 'ring' at the top.

Got it, yes now I agree - what I would call a hip flask, a demijohn is quite large - a gallon or more.

                                               Denn

[tomkin]

Andy,
           Is it a proper photo and have you access to the original?

      Tomkin

   

[Andy001]

Yes its a proper photo and I have access to it.

[tomkin]

Hi Andy,
               Can you put a box around the old blokes hand and scan again at high resolution,  so that we can see if it's a bottle or not. Adjust your settings to brighten
the area so that you can see as much detail as possible.   I can't see a person
like that being photographed, in public with his family, holding a bottle. It just wasn't done in that day and age. If fact I've never seen this in an old photo so
if it is a bottle you might have a first.
                 Can you also put a box around the top right hand corner and take an
high resolution scan. There would appear to be some writing or scribble there but it
probably is a lot of marks that just give the appearance of writing.

     Tomkin

[Andy001]

That IS a high res scan!! The photo is tiny!

I've had a look through a magnifying glass,and I think You're right,it doesn't look like a bottle now,it looks like a lid or bottle top shape,and the dark patch seems like a shadow.
In the background,it is definitely a man leaning on the wall!!
He has got a white shirt,a tank-top/waistcoat and a flat cap,he is leaning on the wall with his left elbow and he has his chin in his hand.

I'm not on the computer with the scanner at the mo.



*** Just looked again and its starting to look creepy-the pipe mans smoke goes above the young girl,but it looks like a face just behind her head on the right! And the lady the smoke is blowing at seems half-disolved!

[purplemoon]

The "big house" looks like a terrace of four houses to me, possibly eight if they are back-to-backs, mill or farm cottages? The location looks very similar to areas of Huddersfield (Lindley Moor area) or Halifax.

[DollyH]

Looks to me that the tassels are on the handle of the umbrella

Dolly

[Jane Masri]

It looks like a bridal party to me.  Bride & groom on the left, the two sets of parents & perhaps a young sister or niece?

jane

[Watermusic]

Yes! The two younger gents have flowers in their buttonholes.

One always wears one's best to a wedding.


Watermusic