"Somewhere in England"

[conahy calling]

My first impression about man in uniform ....Is he a postman.. shoulder strap of mail satchel?

[Kezlyn]

Thanks for your ideas everyone. My thought at first was Windsor as well, but I am unfamiliar with how the castle looks "in real life" as opposed to professional photography, and what the terrain around it is like

The suggestion that it might not be in England triggered some thoughts. The family weren't well off and certainly wouldn't have travelled abroad - however - both my great grandfather and his brother, who emigrated to Australia in about 1911, fought in WW1 and they both sent home photos including some from field hospitals (likely in Turkey) and Egypt. Those photos are of a far poorer quality than this one, though.

Is the taller boy barefoot? Would that happen in 1920's England?

I wonder what this photo had in it that was so important that the sender sent it to Australia.

Thanks again for the ideas so far. Keep 'em coming!

Kez

[loobylooayr]

Yes, he is bare foot and I think that would be fairly common during the era WW1 - 1920s. My grandpa (granted he was in rural Ayrshire in Scotland) used to walk cattle to market for 8 miles in his bare feet circa 1912-1919.
Looby
 

[Finley 1]

It was important to send cos of the 'cat'

xin

[Ruskie]

Glad I am not alone looby!

There is something about the rendered stonework, the shutters and the chimney as well as it being two storied that makes me wonder if the house is English.

I would have thought that Windsor was always a lot better kept, grander and less rugged and rustic than this. I've only ever been up the 'tourist' side of Windsor and the slope is gentler than this as I remember, but I don't know about the outlook on other sides of the Castle.

Kez, keep in mind that the photograph may have been sent to your family by friends or relatives, and it might not have been your family who travelled abroad.

[Finley 1]

have a look on google images for rear view windsor castle

I found this one   interesting

xin

ps it was Boscastle that it reminded me of..

[KGarrad]

For what it's worth, I would say that it is not Windsor!

I can't see, on any pictures, a square tower that stands proud of the rest of the castle, and sits on a promontory?

See here for a plan:
http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/castle/castlemap.htm

[loobylooayr]

I don't think it's Windsor either. Castle  (from what I can see) looks too rugged.
The house doesn't have an "English" look to it.
I still think the photo has a European feel to it
I need to go out now. Sorry to miss out on the rest of the debate 

But I'll tune in later to see what conclusion everyone comes too. ( I'll probably be wrong  )

Looby

[Ruskie]

Agree with you KGarrad and looby.

I've just been trying to find suitable images of Windsor, and I really can't see any similarities between Windsor and the castle in this photo. As well as the 'promontory' there are mainly round towers at very regular intervals on the curtain wallls around Windsor, and none on this one. Like KGarrad I was also looking at plans of Windsor.

Definitely not Windsor.