Group photo by Allan Ramsden for dating please

[HazelBea]

Could they be in mourning Jen ? The dark dress and beads made me think this.
Does this help with your dating ?

[cazza59]

Nice job Caz, they didn't look downtrodden to me either, actually quite smart. However, without wishing to be cruel, I wouldn't have wanted to bump into them on a dark night..

Thanks HP.   I was meant to be doing the washing but got distracted!  😁

[cazza59]

Caz, that's lovely.

this rather down-trodden looking group.

Clearly I am comprehensively out-voted on this point   

Looks like it Jen!  😂😂

[JenB]

Could they be in mourning Jen ? The dark dress and beads made me think this.
Does this help with your dating ?

I'm afraid I don't know who they are, so can't say whether or not the woman is in mourning. This is a carte which I bought on ebay 

[JenB]

Allan Ramsden actually appears to have been an 'itinerant' photographer, judging by his 1928 obituary, plying his trade in the north of England and south of Scotland in a caravan. In 1891 and 1901 he was living in County Durham, but not very far south of Hexham.

Today I have been lent a copy of his book, 'Life in a Caravan' and to my delight it actually contains a photograph of the man himself by the caravan.

He says that before it was converted into a 'photographic saloon' it had been used to transport the 'Norfolk Giant' around fairgrounds http://www.thetallestman.com/roberthales.htm

Ramsden recounts his travels all over the north of England in the caravan. Apparently his wife and children often accompanied him on his journeyings.

[Brett]

Hi Jen - I'd be very keen on getting hold of a copy of this book. Have you any idea where I might find one, even a digital version.
Regards, Brett Payne
Tauranga, New Zealand

[JenB]

Brett, my copy was a lucky find via Amazon a year or so ago. I don't think it's available as an e-book.
Your best bet is to keep on looking on second-hand internet booksellers on the offchance that one turns up sometime.
So sorry I can't be any more help.

[Brett]

I'll do that. Thanks for your esponse, JenB. Much appreciated. Regards, Brett

[jim1]

While we've got your attention Brett I'd like to say thanks for the website.
Very useful to us amateurs.
Keep up the good work.
jim