Can anyone help me to identify these photos, please?
The first one (akquery05.jpg) is taken from a sepia print about postcard size. The intriguing thing about this is that I have some other photos (glass quarter-plate negatives) which appear to be the ones being taken by the photographer on the right in this one. I am fairly certain that the group on the left is members of the family of Thomas Duncan of Belmont, Otley, WRY and that the photographer is one of his sons; the date is probably around 1900-1906. However, is the house in Otley, and if so, where?
The addresses I have for members of this family in Otley around that time are Belmont, Weston Lane (a big house, now demolished); Kylemore, Billams Hill; 31 Queen's Terrace; and 11 Cambridge Terrace. There were other related Duncan families in Otley as well, most notably at Westbourne (another big house, which I think had much more open space around it). As far as I can tell, this picture isn't of any of these houses, but does anyone recognise it?
The second photo (akquery06.jpg) appears to be a men's outing of some sort, and I know very little about it. My late aunt thought it had been taken at Austby, Middleton, Ilkley, but having lived in Ilkley myself, I think this is very unlikely. Might there be some connection with a family (Wilson) that lived there? Basically, can anyone give me any clues as to who, when, where, and what the occasion might have been, please? (This photo is pasted to a board and has been roughly trimmed, and there is no trace of a photographer's name. I could provide an enlargement of one or two figures to help with dating their clothes etc if necessary.)
Many thanks,
Arthur
