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Re: Photograph dating please
« Reply #9 on: Monday 23 July 12 10:36 BST (UK) »
My apologies for such a slow reply, but...

As a 'real ale' fan, I found the W Blencowe & Co Ltd brewery in that picture of interest (I thought, I've not had a pint of that one!). So I looked it up, and bam, we find this page (among others):

http://www.blencowefamilies.com/nl/261/261-05.htm

SO, according to that page, the third William Blencowe died in 1888, then in 1889 it merged with Cannock brewery and it appears that it was known as "Blencowe Cannock Brewery" (I might be wrong on that one).

Is the chap on the left holding a number (on a spade) of "173"? Could the "1" of "173" be a reflection (like the edge of the board/sign/spade), making it a "73"? Or rather it looks like "173" been written onto the emulsion of the photograph as it was being developed.







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Re: Photograph dating please
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 24 July 12 11:22 BST (UK) »
Hi Trystan,

Thank you for looking into this for me - I think that number was just written on and not actually in the original picture.

I attach another picture dated 1908 - could anybody try and improve the man's silhouette so we can see who it is? I attach 2 versions of it - one original one adjusted a bit. Does he have the same pointed chin as the man in front of the pub in the first photograph?

Jack
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