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Help with photo date please??
« on: Wednesday 21 May 08 17:56 BST (UK) »
hi could anyone please help date this photo?
it was sent by a friend shes hoping her grandfather is on it, middle row centre. he was born in 1886.
Many thanks.. :)
Sharmala
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Re: photo date please
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 21 May 08 18:30 BST (UK) »
No good at dates, but given it a tidy in B/W and Sepia
Dave
HALL,PITTS, RAISTRICK,BRADLEY,FEATHER,HENDY,RAMSAY,BENTHAM,CARRINGTON,DODGSON,FLUEN,ILEY,CLAPHAM,BOLLARD,WOODYER,WEBB,TURTON,RUDDOCK
Please feel free to alter/adjust any of my work

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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 21 May 08 18:43 BST (UK) »
Thanks very much dave it looks great.. ;D

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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 21 May 08 18:44 BST (UK) »
I was thinking maybe 1910-20..im sure someone with more knowledge may no.
Sharmala. :)

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Re: Help with photo date please??
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 22 May 08 20:13 BST (UK) »
hi dave did a great job with the pic..but could anyone out there help with dating it please  :)
Thankyou.

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Re: Help with photo date please??
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 22 May 08 21:22 BST (UK) »
I'd go a bit earlier, 1900-1910...
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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« Reply #6 on: Thursday 22 May 08 22:04 BST (UK) »
I was going to say the same as Paula...around 1900 ish.  I suppose it COULD be mid-late 1890s at a stretch  :)

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Re: Help with photo date please??
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 22 May 08 22:24 BST (UK) »
Hi Everyone,

I was going to suggest late 1890's=1900 but I see that Prue and Paula have beaten me to it!

Lovely picture though!

Rabbit B  ;D
Conning/London
Wareham/Winchester
Hart/Cambridgeshire
Burns/Byrne/Liverpool and Ireland
Nibbs/London
Brealey/Staffordshire
Melbourn/Melbourne/Cambridgeshire
Hoyle/Liverpool
Relf/Sussex

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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 22 May 08 22:46 BST (UK) »
Hi Prue, Rabbit,
We could say 1895-1905......
Does one of the boys over on the left have a Norfolk Jacket on?
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks
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