Group photo by Allan Ramsden for dating please

[Brett]

  Thank you, Jim. Much appreciated, although I must admit that I haven't added to the web sites much in recent years. However, my research continues and I am still compiling information which will appear somewhere, in some form or other, eventually.
Regards and best wishes, Brett

[John Lunn]

Allan Ramsden was my Gt Gt Grandfather born 1842 died 1928. I have many of his photographs from all around the Northumberland area. His family lived in various places around the Barnard Castle, Consett area and beyond and his travels with his horse drawn Studio took him to almost 200 villages in the North, hence the many different names on the back of his photo cards. His life is recorded in his autobiography in one of his books 'Life in a Caravan'. Dates on most of his photos show Victorian dress (mid to late 1800s) so not easy to be specific. He also produced booklets of poems and local views. He finally retired to Cotherstone which he like very much. If anyone has any of his books I would be most interested. He does have quite a number of his images in Beamish Museum. If you need any help regarding his images please make contact

[John Lunn]

Allan Ramsden (Photographer) was also known as a Phrenologist, lay preacher and lecturer in London Scotland and Ireland.

[JenB]

How amazing to be in touch with a direct descendent!

I am still collecting photographs by Allan Ramsden, in fact I bought one only a couple of weeks ago.

I was able to purchase a copy of 'Life in a Caravan' a few years ago.

[John Lunn]

That's really good to hear, I do have about a dozen given to me by Beamish but not sure how to forward them. What colour is the cover of your book and is it a first or SECOND edtion? Both of mine are the inherited Red 2nd edition and I have a purchased copy of the same but with a Green cover. Ironically I see it was not printed by the family printers of Ramsden Williams (next generation).

[JenB]

I will check later, but I think it’s 2nd edition.
I’ve seen the obituary - see my posting on the 1st page of this thread 

[John Lunn]

Not very familiar with this site, only just found it again - how do I look at the last post of theis 'thread'

[JenB]

There are three pages to this thread - click on the number 1 bottom left (just below this post) to see the reply I referred to above.

I simply can’t believe I started this thread seven years ago!

[John Lunn]

YES! got it, I had seen it before but not at all familiar with this site. I have doen the 'full' family history on Ancestry under John Clive Lunn - Lunn family if you have any access. His father was Joseph Ramsden. I recently visited his grave stone in Blackhill - not far from Barnard Castle where he kept his caravan in winter at times.