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Offline chinakay

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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 16 January 10 20:52 GMT (UK) »
I couldn't think of the word either...all I could think of was "miniature St Patrick's hat"... :P :P ;D
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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 16 January 10 21:23 GMT (UK) »
Paula

The Family Tree Magazine runs a section 'Photo info' by Audrey Linkman and also a Q&A section where photos have been published. These appear in the Readers' Question part of the magazine and may be worth you exploring this avenue. 

I doubt if this is a wedding photo as the best man does not seem to be dressed for the occasion! ;)

Good luck

Keith
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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 16 January 10 21:40 GMT (UK) »
I don't think the walking stick is a pizzle stick. It appears to have been carved or more likely been made from a stick that was selected because of the natural spiral of the wood. Stick makers would look for novelty young tree shoots or saplings ( usually Hazel or blackthorn) that had been 'taken over' by other plants such as ivy. The host stem would display the 'spiral'caused by the retarded growth along its length  where the 'parasite' has grown around it.
Heyworth/  Harrison/ Broughton/Cook/Crooke/Duxbury ~  Pendle
Myerscough ~ Lancashire
Eastwood ~ Burnley
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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 16 January 10 21:46 GMT (UK) »
That's interesting, James.
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Moore/Addison~New Brunswick
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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 16 January 10 22:10 GMT (UK) »
Not as interesting as they way they make a 'pizzle' Stick  :D
Heyworth/  Harrison/ Broughton/Cook/Crooke/Duxbury ~  Pendle
Myerscough ~ Lancashire
Eastwood ~ Burnley
Chppendale ~ Bradford
Bulcock ~Pendle
Cropper/ Heap/Shackleton  ~ Bacup ~ Todmorden
Barry/Looney / Kennely ~ Tralee Kerry

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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 17 January 10 13:37 GMT (UK) »
Very interesting info ... thanks all  :)

I have just one other question though ...
Although the photo has been taken indoors (and I expect in a studio), the couple look as though they're dressed for the outdoors ... was this usual? (I have another couple of studio photos, but the subjects aren't wearing hats, capes, etc in those.)
Also, the 'studio' itself looks less 'contrived' than in the other photos that I have ... but am I right in assuming that portraits like this wouldn't have been taken in the subject's own homes?

Many thanks again for all the interesting input!
Paula. 
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« Reply #15 on: Sunday 17 January 10 14:03 GMT (UK) »
I presume Zed that they are most likely to have walked or travelled to the 'studio' in their out door clothes and never thought any thing else about it. I suspect that had they been photographed in their own home they would be wearing indoor clothes.

James
Heyworth/  Harrison/ Broughton/Cook/Crooke/Duxbury ~  Pendle
Myerscough ~ Lancashire
Eastwood ~ Burnley
Chppendale ~ Bradford
Bulcock ~Pendle
Cropper/ Heap/Shackleton  ~ Bacup ~ Todmorden
Barry/Looney / Kennely ~ Tralee Kerry

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« Reply #16 on: Sunday 17 January 10 14:51 GMT (UK) »
Ah yes, of course ... thanks James!
McQuinn, Kelly, Whelan, McCraith (Liverpool & Ireland) Anderton, Greaves (Liverpool) Gaddes, Beaty, Irving (Cumbria)

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Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 18 August 10 11:29 BST (UK) »
Have noticed you are doing McQuinn's in liverpool. i have a catherine mcQuinn born around 1850-possibly in scotland marrying michael collins in 1869 in west derby liverpool. Have you by any chance any connection to this catherine McQuinn??
ps are you in contact with barbara from australia on genes who is doing boot maker McQuinn's??
hopefully
frankie
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