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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Restore Thomas Partridge and a group of unidentified men (UK)
« on: Monday 25 March 19 08:37 GMT (UK) »
Hey, these are looking much better - I can make out some of the gentlemen's faces more clearly.
Thank you everyone for your hard work!
Wiggy I think you might be onto something. I noticed the buttonholes and thought 'wedding' - but it doesn't look like the typical family group you would expect!
In 1891 he was just a "Coachman", by 1901 the census specifies "Coachman (not domestic)". I take it this means in 1901 he didn't work for a Lord of the Manor with a big house? But that's not to say he didn't previously (I would date this photo to the 1890s? Thomas was born in 1854). My great grandmother wrote the following about him in her memoir:
"Father was against girls going into service – he hated seeing the gentry, as he called them, making the servants wait on them so when he had to take them out in the carriage [...]"
Which might explain why he doesn't look too thrilled to be there! (I know, nobody looks happy in old photos.)
Thank you everyone for your hard work!
Wiggy I think you might be onto something. I noticed the buttonholes and thought 'wedding' - but it doesn't look like the typical family group you would expect!
In 1891 he was just a "Coachman", by 1901 the census specifies "Coachman (not domestic)". I take it this means in 1901 he didn't work for a Lord of the Manor with a big house? But that's not to say he didn't previously (I would date this photo to the 1890s? Thomas was born in 1854). My great grandmother wrote the following about him in her memoir:
"Father was against girls going into service – he hated seeing the gentry, as he called them, making the servants wait on them so when he had to take them out in the carriage [...]"
Which might explain why he doesn't look too thrilled to be there! (I know, nobody looks happy in old photos.)