Not my family but......

[BattyB]

My first message so am not sure which board to use.   
My father worked as a thatcher on the Sidmouth Estate, Upottery, Devon and when he died I "inherited" a framed photo of the lord of the Manor.   To cut a long story short, I removed the picture from the wormeaten frame and found another photograph stuck to the back of the lord.
Although there are names of the couple (wedding photo) I cannot quite decipher them but I am sure they are something to do with Lord Sidmouth.  It looks like an Edwardian photo and I would be interested if there was any place I could contact that may help identify the couple.

Thanks

[casalguidi]

Hi Battyb

Welcome to Rootschat

Why not post it here (and the names of the couple too) or on the photograph restoration and dating board - Rootschatters love a challenge and some who frequent the "photo" board are very good at dating photographs http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,298.0.html

Casalguidi

[BattyB]

Sounds like a good idea but at the moment my scanner is kaput so this avenue will have to be put on hold.

Thanks though

[Spidermonkey]

The surname of the Viscount Sidmouths was Addington - does that look like a name on the back?

[BattyB]

Yes that was the family name (we actually lived in a cottage at Upottery years ago called Addington Cotts) and as far as I can deciper the names are : C or G Addington (bride) and Mr I Mount (groom).
He is dressed in a white uniform with an armband on his left arm (no hat) and has a sword at his side.
The photo is not taken outside a church, more like the grounds of a largish garden.

[stoney]

Betty - if he was in a white uniform might it have been taken abroad? Is it a military-type uniform? Some overseas units had white/light dress uniforms. I know we had a similar-sounding piccie where the celebration photo had been taken at Government House (or something similar) in India.

[BattyB]

Hi Stoney
Yes the white suit does look like a uniform of some sort and also the background does look a bit colonial.
Now I have a new scanner and can understand what to do I can post the photo - may take me a bit of time as I haven't done it before !!

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi BattyB,

Welcome to RootsChat

may take me a bit of time as I haven't done it before !!

No problems - take all the time you need 
If you read this
Topic: Adding images to Posting & Profiles
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,130922.0.html

and then have a go here:
Topic: Adding images to Posting & Profiles - Practice Post
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,302309.0.html

you should be able to post your photo here soon.

Bob

[Keziahemm]

Is this a coincidence 

In the GRO Index of Army Marriages

Marjorie R. Addington married 1910 at St. Thomas Mount - (wherever that might be) 

Susan


Just read BattyB's post again and note initials are C or G