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Thank you.... that was what I was hoping someone would say :-)  It would be nice if an expert in male dress could pin down a date though since I have no idea if the landlord (who I am GUESSING is the chap on the far left) if father (George) or son (Thomas). They both died in 1889. I know I am probably asking the impossible since men were hardly the arbiters of fashion whereas (particularly young) women could focus a date quite sharply. 

Thank you for responding!

Regards
Karen

Dear All.... This is a photo taken outside a pub in Bath which was in business from at least as early as the 1840s until 1955.  The man in the centre of this group, with the angled apron, I am told, is a carpenter called Mr FRY who had a business nearby (the only one I could find on the census had been born in 1847 but this may not be him) - I imagine the other men are probably some of his workforce. The pub landlord is possibly the man on the left, holding two trophies. I am hoping he is a member of my family, two of whom (father and son) had the pub between the 1860s and 1889 or thereabouts.

Unhelpfully, this is a copy of a copy so I have no useful information about the original such as size, material or photographers - sorry!

Any suggestions most gratefully received.... many thanks!

Regards, Karen

I suspect that these guys are interested in their roots with respect to DNA haplotype but not in their more immediate family history per se.  I was approached by a man on the site whose group paid to have extra tests done on my cousin's sample because their project was studying (in a deeply academic and scientific way) the first migration of our haplotype out of Africa. I don't think he could have cared less who was related to who - he was rather excited by sequences though. Turns out that my Ridout family apparently descends from a Spanish soldier who came into Britain, possibly as a captive, with the Romans - not a lot of people know that 

Hi Roger

I remember that record... for a while, a few years ago, I thought that the John and Susannah in Purse Caundle were 'mine' (so much so that I became the OPC briefly!). I recall finding the marriage of Sarah and Matthew and looking at them in the census. Of course, their details didn't match those of my family eventually and I turned my attention to Sherborne. As to whether your Luffmans might have been living and working within the Digby estate I don't know but I have quite a few manorial records. Give me a few days and I'll see if I can find them.  Thank you for subscribing by the way!

Kind Regards.... Karen

Hi

Thank you so much. I will do :-)

Cheers
Karen