Mystery group photo ... views welcome

[alcrighton]

Paul,

Would it be worth enlarging the part of the picture of "the man standing on a box"?  I tried to attach some photos of Keir Hardy but I couldn't get this to work today but if you Google for images of Keir Hardy you can see him before and after he became a white haired chappie - always with a bushy beard though, just like "the man standing on a box".

Cheers,

Al

[Paul E]

Hi allan

(Lets hope he is standing on a box!)

I've e-mailed someone from the HG Wells Society to ask them to look at this thread  and put us out of our misery.  If I get the chance to rescan the photo I will do so.
I found some photos of Keir Hardie on Goole and yes, I agree its a possibility.

Maybe this was a meeting of the 1917 Labour 'Look-alikee' Association?

cheers

Paul

[Paul E]

Keir Hardie seems to have died 1915.

[alcrighton]

Posted by: Paul E  Posted on: Today at 22:34:49 
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Keir Hardie seems to have died 1915. 

So he would definitely have been a white haired chappie by the date of the photograph determined by the fashion experts.

I found a photo of the 1910 Labour Representative Committee but I can't tie up any faces with your photo.

Al

ps It appears that they are watching a tennis match being played across the floor of the House of Commons.

pps The guy on the extreme left looks suspiciously like Lenin

[Paul E]

Thanks for that Allan - another dream cruelly dashed!

Back to square one!

cheers

Paul

[Nessie]

Ever since I first saw this photo the one thing that seemed out of place was the teddy bear. if it had been held by a child it wouldn't have niggled, but it must have some significence.
So searching about I found that the first teddy was made in England in 1908 by the J.K. Farneii company in Acton. He had a son and a daughter who carried on the business which also fits in with the children in the photo. Could this be a firms gathering?

[Paul E]

Its certainly worth looking at Nessie!

I'll have to do a bit of googling I think.

best wishes

Paul

[alcrighton]

Here's a bear from 1913 looking remarkably like the one in the photo.  He's a bit the worse for wear but I guess if we got the rest of the group together again today for a photo they'd look a little different

[Su]

Paul
Was he a cloth cap manufacturer ?  These could be his salesmen, and once a year the Boss declares a cloth cap free day    The badges could be awarded for salesman of the month 

Su