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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / SHIP launch maybe ? UK LOCATION help required please
« on: Saturday 08 October 16 16:57 BST (UK)  »
SHIP launching  UK LOCATION help, please

Hello!

Any ideas please as to the  location of this

SHIP LAUNCHING and name of ship ?

Apart from the ship builders' technical wording nothing else to read. Huge crowd watching the launch. American flag is draped at the right. Hillside in the distance.


With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / FOOTBALL TEAM Rovers 1st LATHERON surname UK IDENTITY help, please
« on: Saturday 08 October 16 15:30 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the identity / location of this

Rovers 1st FOOTBALL TEAM ?

Players in bi-coloured strip. Team names:-
Simpson, Latheron, Chapman, Aitkenhead, Anthony / Walmsley, Smith, Bradshaw, R.Middleton, Sec. / Crompton, Captain, Cowell / Robinson

Message on reverse starts:
"This is the Photo of the Rovers 1st"

I've found the unusual surname LATHERON is most prolific in 1911 in: Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, & Yorkshire

There is some kind of shield/badge above Aitkenhead's left shoulder.

With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / James BELL General Merchant Shop grocer in Crawfordjohn
« on: Friday 07 October 16 15:56 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of this

Country street with James BELL General Merchant shop

The girl at left stands in the doorway of James BELL, General Merchant, Licensed Retailer of Tobacco. Last three properties also have signs above their doors but totally unreadable due to angle .

The photo is a postcard.The stamp has been removed so nothing remains but the postmark looks like that of a small village. On the message side, opposite the date (28/6/11) is possibly the location but I am unable to decipher1 Could it be "C- John"?

With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Corner Shop Decorator Plumber - 1 Highgrove Street,Reading
« on: Friday 07 October 16 13:28 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of this

Corner Shop. House & Sign Decorator, Gas & Water Fitter and Plumber.

Edwardian corner property on a slight incline. Distinctive bricks. No traders' name. Also a Paper Hanger and seller of Paints. Photo by NORTH of Reading, Berkshire. Looks like a single digit door number (probably #1)!


With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY Crash at Gainsborough ?
« on: Thursday 06 October 16 09:48 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any information please as to the precise location / history of this

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY Crash

Crash / derailment on two line countryside stretch. Looks to involve rolling stock only (no passenger carriages). On the reverse of the image is handwritten "Thonock / Gainsborough". Is this the correct location?  Any information greatly received!


With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Sail Vessel SELINA JANE Sharpness Birmingham R Severn? UK LOCATION help please
« on: Sunday 02 October 16 09:49 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of the

SELINA JANE ketch

c1912. I have found the ketch SELINA JANE was owned by The Sharpness New Docks and Gloucester and Birmingham Navigation Co. It was built in 1872.  There's a distinctive brick warehouse with deeply inset windows alongside. No lettering on the other boats.

In the distance, to the left, are goal posts in a football pitch and possibly a railway bridge.

Could she moored up on the River Severn somewhere?



With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / c 1912 CASTLE HOTEL Fire Brigade Small rural town? Bradninch in Exeter
« on: Friday 30 September 16 20:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of the
 
CASTLE HOTEL
 
c1912. Three story CASTLE HOTEL with column entrance having flagpole above. Two story residential terraced property to left. Lantern from entrance has wording but unreadable (probably says Castle Hotel). Fire Brigade pose outside.Looks like a small rural town.
 
With thanks~001uk
 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / c 1920s Guest House fire remains Seaside - HUNSTANTON
« on: Friday 30 September 16 08:41 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of these

Guest House fire remains

c1920s. Detached stone/brick property. The sign by the 1st floor window is mostly unreadable. "School & Parties Etc, catered for, Terms moderate" and "Accommodation" are visible. I'm guessing it could be a seaside location. There appears to be the remnants of a weighing machine alongside. In the distance (beyond the flag) there appears to be 3+ rows of seating.


With thanks~001uk

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / WERN Rd TALBOT Butcher? S.Wales / Monmouthshire Wern Road Pontypool
« on: Thursday 29 September 16 20:30 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of

WERN Road. Shop name TALBOT (Butcher)? South Wales  /  Monmouthshire

Wern Road at end of brick/stone terraced row of houses on steep incline. The name TALBOT above the door. Sign in window probably reads (Cant)ERBURY (La)MB so more than likely a Butchers shop!
Shop on opposite corner has in window "Umbrellas and ? made. Repaired  ? Speciality"

I'm convinced this is South Wales or  Monmouthshire

With thanks~001uk

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