I voted for snow quite a number of pages ago
to me these are wheel marks from the left hand side of the forward vehicle which was towing something, as in perhaps a gun carriage and that it was snow banking up on the top left side near the lady in the short coat (Geoff has kindly snipped her). Of course these are only suggestions, but yes the trees are without leaves, so that shows their season, and the people are all rugged up so that shows it was cold. On the otherhand, There's not a lot of shadow showing on the "snow" so it could well be cobbles rather than snow, and I am definitely not a "local" as I am in Australia.....
I know I have asked this before, but in what year did Irish women first wear clothing that only came to "just below the knees" as in that snip that Geoff made at my request?
There are variations in the hemline for a number of women, but perhaps the lass showing "that amount of leg" can help determine which would be the earliest year ..... if it were Australia I would be saying early 1930's on that.
Then there's the cars .... can we date these ..... Most are "closed" permanent roof, with the exception of the one that I think could be the firemen "bus"....
And when did "all the horses" disappear off the scene .... If they were in the procession I would have expected them either to be in the photo, or for some manure to have been dropped along the way ... I cannot see any .... and there's no hoofprints on the tramlines/wheel ruts either .... Agh .... there's a case in favour of tramlines .... NONE of the men walk ON or encroach OVER these ....
Anyways, that's my thoughts after again looking at the photo. My OH says that there are people who can help date trees from photos, so any ideas for the type of tree please...
Cheers, JM
