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Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« on: Monday 20 August 18 16:32 BST (UK) »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45247730

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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #1 on: Monday 20 August 18 17:47 BST (UK) »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45247730

Interesting news item.

Can anyone help with identifying these people on negatives found in a boot sale ?     Looks like a perfect job for the RC experts !
Dorset/Wilts/Hants: Trowbridge Williams Sturney/Sturmey Prince Foyle/Foil Hoare Vincent Fripp/Frypp Triggle/Trygel Adams Hibige/Hibditch Riggs White Angel Cake 
C'wall/Devon/France/CANADA (Barkerville, B.C.): Pomeroy/Pomerai/Pomroy
Som'set: Clark(e) Fry
Durham: Law(e)
London: Hanham Poplett
Lancs/Cheshire/CANADA (Kelowna, B.C. & Sask): Stubbs Walmesley

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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #2 on: Monday 20 August 18 19:03 BST (UK) »
Putting the Artilleryman the right way round puts the lanyard on the right shoulder making it 1920's not 1901-10.
No medal ribbon so didn't serve WW1. He looks quite young so probably mother & son.
The others that have been shown are Edwardian probably mid-late decade.
They don't look professionally taken so from within the family.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 26 August 18 08:25 BST (UK) »
I've only just found this newspaper article on The Daily Mail site! Like Lydart, I instantly thought this is definitely a challenge for Rootschat.

Hoping for good news and theories.

Judy
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday 26 August 18 08:47 BST (UK) »
Here it is

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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 26 August 18 08:48 BST (UK) »
Negative one

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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 26 August 18 11:24 BST (UK) »
Does anybody have any further news on this article, if the owners of the negatives have been traced?
It would be lovely to have so many informal photos of your ancestors like this, instead of the usual posed ones.
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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 26 August 18 14:47 BST (UK) »
The son of the gentleman who found the photos has posted them on Twitter showing more photos than were in the news article.  There are a lot of posts (some going a little off topic) and I haven't read them all yet.

Here's the link if anyone wants a look.

https://twitter.com/meandmybigmouth/status/1031476453785919488
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Re: Photo negatives found in a car boot sale
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 26 August 18 22:50 BST (UK) »
I had a bit of a look at the Twitter thread (to look at the other photos and to see if there were any useful suggestions).

I love mysteries like this.

I have a few comments/observations, none of which help with ID:

People are suggesting the building might be a photographer's studio - these don't look like professional photographs (maybe someone was just having a play around). The building does look unusual, quite flimsy perhaps something like a summer house. 

Many of the people in the photos look like they have had a hard life - they don't look to be from the upper classes, especially some of the children.

I would be interested to see ALL of the photos - there might be clues in some of the other ones.
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