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Title: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: martinqbrown on Saturday 11 October 14 16:51 BST (UK)
Hi,
  I believe this photo is of Mary Steele (1850-1925) & Thomas Fenwick (1843-1929) who lived in Stamfordham, Northumberland.  Mary was my grandmother's aunt and we visited her children Nellie and Willie Fenwick in the 1970s along with our grandmother Sarah Annie Steele.  Both lived in Stamfordham their whole lives and neither married:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/97/a4752597.shtml

I remember this photo (hazy memory) from a large copy on hung on their (Fenwick's) wall.  Obviously, this has disappeared and I've only come across a much smaller / damaged copy in my gran's photos.  The photo and back are attached and any restoration work or dates would be appreciated.  I'd guess its ~late Victorian - Edwardian, but realize that the clothes are not too distinctive.

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: jesterjeni71 on Saturday 11 October 14 17:55 BST (UK)
a little different
Title: Re: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: Trishanne on Saturday 11 October 14 18:46 BST (UK)
A try from me
Pat
Title: Re: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: jim1 on Saturday 11 October 14 19:02 BST (UK)
Crown Studios stamp box dates it between 1913-29.
Obviously before 1925.
Title: Re: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: tommyfromri on Sunday 12 October 14 04:53 BST (UK)
 I hope you don't mind I've repositioned her head to a more natural look. The white haze over them  had a ghostly look to it in the original.  , Tommy
Title: Re: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: jim1 on Sunday 12 October 14 11:17 BST (UK)
Quote
Both lived in Stamfordham their whole lives and neither married:
She's wearing a wedding ring.
Title: Re: Dating Photo & Restoration - Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick, Stamfordham
Post by: martinqbrown on Sunday 12 October 14 11:56 BST (UK)
Thanks for all the efforts, would have been much easier if we knew where the large one went after Nellie and Willie passed away.  Should have made it clearer, the photo is of Nellie & Willie's parents (Mary Steele & Thomas Fenwick), it was Nellie and Willie who never married and lived together their whole lives.

Thanks.