Help in dating the photo and approx age of adults .

[FredRogers]

My other query about this photo is this ....My Grandmother had siblings born 1904 ,1906,1911 and 1918 ..Is it not unusual to have just one child on the photo  ? Her father was just a coal miner .Would it not have been expensive to have photos done ?

[Rena]

My other query about this photo is this ....My Grandmother had siblings born 1904 ,1906,1911 and 1918 ..Is it not unusual to have just one child on the photo  ? Her father was just a coal miner .Would it not have been expensive to have photos done ?

My brother and I were about 7 and 8 years old when we arrived home from school one day and almost immediately spied an envelope on the mantlepiece.  It was most unusual to have post in those days.  Inside was a photograph of our mother with our 4 year old brother and not only had they had their photograph taken, but they'd been to the seaside without us as well!  Although we older siblings had had ours taken a few years earlier, this was the first photo taken of our youngest sibling.

Maybe the parents had gone into town for a specific purpose and decided on a whim to have their photograph taken.

[FredRogers]

Thanks for that thought Rena .

I notice on the lapel of the jacket there is a badge ...Is this familiar to anyone ?

[Treetotal]

Could it be a Silver War Badge? It might be worth looking for a Military Record for him as this is just after the Great War.
Carol

[FredRogers]

Thanks Carol.... i think this information has solved the puzzle to confirm it is my great grandad  .I have googled the Silver war badge and it said  it was given to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness during World War I. like you said this prompted me to re look at his army record .... which confirmed he had brown hair and brown eyes  but also that he was discharged in 1919 (when we are guessing the photo was taken ) ...his left shoulder was shattered and when you look at the photo his left arm is discretely hidden by my Grandma ...also it might explain why the special occasion of just my grandma on the photo and not the other children as he may have hardly seen her if he was away at war 

[Treetotal]

Great stuff...If you look at his left shoulder in the second photo it appears to be positioned slightly lower than the right one.
Carol

[Niksmum]

A restore from me

Irene

[FredRogers]

Thank you so much Irene ..that is fantastic  ...do you mind if I put it on my ancestry page ?

[Niksmum]

Hi Fred so glad you like it.  I had to give it texture as there were so many little cracks in the original.          please feel free to use as you wish

Irene