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and the teak decks of sailing ships  ::)

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Around the time we think this photo was taken (circa 1900) Joseph and his wife Ann were living at 11 and 12 Playground, New Farnley.
It's possible the photo was taken outside their house. The stone paving with edging looks like it could be a garden path. I suppose anyone could take a photo and get it printed onto a 'Cabinet Portrait' card?
Here is a photo of Joseph's wife Ann outside one of the Playground houses - and it looks like a pile of bricks behind her, ready for some path improvements?
And another photo from 2010 of the same houses.
John B

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Thanks for your comments, shanreagh. I confess to spending some considerable time 'cleaning' the photo to remove spots, stains, cracks and creases  ;)

Yes, I wondered about the stones, too and admit I'd never heard of donkey stones - perhaps because most doorsteps in New Zealand were made of wood. 
I remember one of my jobs before school each day was to polish the brass front doorstep of my mother's boarding house in Wellington, late 1940s. I imagine Brasso was as popular as donkey stones in it's day.  ::)

Thanks for the link to donkey stones, Carol.
I found another with a little more detail.
https://www.silversurfers.com/nostalgia/doing-the-step-with-a-donkey-stone/

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Thanks for your replies Carol, Jim and Gadget.
DOB and DOD were included in the Subject, so Joseph would have been 57 in 1900.
I see the rounded corners suggest 1890s and I guess that is as close as we are going to get.
Thank you for that information, Gadget.
It's a pity the photographers name was not included with the banner beneath the photo, and I thought the background might have been relevant. Obviously not a studio portrait.
John B

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I would be grateful for any suggestions when this photograph of my Great Grandfather might have been taken. Perhaps the scroll beneath might be a clue?

Joseph Barraclough was a Deputy in Clay mines at New Farnley and lived at Playground.
I'm guessing about 1900 but would welcome any advice.
I have no photo of the reverse side.

Thanks from New Zealand

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:45 BST (UK)  »
Modified to add:
Also in trouble for behaving riotously in 1892
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113758749

Well that confirms he was still in Sydney March 1892.

There should be a passenger record of Agnes returning to NZ with an infant before her divorce in 1894 ???

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:40 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Lu and maddys52.

Yes Alban is shown as an ironmonger on several records.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:36 BST (UK)  »


Ancestry   All New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
  records for Rubinstein WELLS  born NSW Australia   with birthplace of mother and father.

Thanks again, I'd looked for his parents names on that Attestation but overlooked their place of birth  ::)

That fits for Alban (England) and Agnes (Australia) being his parents.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Birth of Rubinstein Wells abt. 1891 ?
« on: Sunday 04 September 22 04:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks maddys52, that's really interesting.

I found the image, but what a shame they do not give any names for the other seven occupants !!!
   ???

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