Hi,
I have in my possession an old photo album that seems to belong to a WA family (Australia).(1940s and 1950s)
The album contains photographs of Charles William Snook and his yacht Timaru in Perth. The photographs of Snook seem like family shots,they are not professionally taken .They seem to have been taken not long before he died, judging by his age and the other photos in the album, which some do have dates.
Much of the album contains photos of what seems to be a family trip to the uk plus local photos here in aus. Woodside , which seems like the photos were taken at a farm
I think one photo may be of Charles's wife as it is labled Hilda (taken in Ireland climbing up a hill), other photos have them in Trafalgar sq, Wales and Scotland.,loading their car onto the ferry at Fishguard (car reg begins with LA) - sadly the rest of number plate is not visible
Many of the people are not named, but Hilda , Kath , Mrs Reynolds and Patch the dog in front of Chilton Grove Sudbury (England)
There are also photo cards of Qantas first plane and such.
There is also a very old photo on the very 1st page, taken around the late 1800s or or early 1900 of a lady, taken in a studio in Perth, (and a much newer photo of a little girl stuck next to it, which looks to be taken in the 1940's maybe,) which I guess the older photo could be the owner of the album's mother,or grandmother.
I'm hoping a relation of Snook's , or his wife's (Hilda Burn kershaw), or his his 1st wife ( Clarice May Adele De Leon family)will come across this post with a google search.
Snook played a big part of Australian aviation history and I would like to pass the album on to a relation , or someone who has an interest in the man, and will take@care of the album.
http://www.tangeepublishing.com/forgotten_flyer.htmhttp://www.raafawa.org.au/museum/wa-aviation-history/airlines-wahttp://www.rootschat.com/links/01jn3/A little bit about him above
I have tried to contact the publisher of the book in the first link,so that they can pass on a message to the author of the above book(as it mentions he is a distant relative) but my mail bounces back saying that their inbox is full and contains fatal errors.
I don't want any money for the album, I rescued it from a local market here in Brisbane, cost me only $2, an absolute bargain!
Hopefully the author ,if still alive ,will find my post, or someone else who is connected to the family.
Kind Regards
Ps
I may upload the photos of Snook later , just to preserve them for anyone who has an interest in the man and WA aviation history -It seems such a shame if they get lost over time. He apparently used to take young cadets out in his yacht and also race it.
Ive done a fair bit of reading up on the man, too much info to put it all in my post. He had an adopted daughter, don't know if she is still alive, and it seems he also had a daughter and son from his first marriage which ended in divorce (Hilda was his second wife, who was just as@fascinating as him -apparently she was the 1st women to graduate as a dr out of the university )
The album may belong to one of his, or his wife's family members.
Excuse my typos (I am using my phone)
Pps , edited to add, I've just noticed that the pic of a Hilda (written alongside it is Hilda, going uphill at Carrichia Raide (sic)N Ireland , primroses in hand"who I thought may be his wife as her name was Hilda too -I am now fairly certain it is her, as underneath the photo alongside the date in small writng -I failed to notice that it says H.K !( as in Hilda kershaw and I know that she continued to use her maiden name in the medical world)
So who ever this album belongs to is certainly a relative , or a very close family friend who took the trip to the Uk with this family
I do hope that one of his relations finds this post, I'd love to pass the album onto it's rightful owners , otherwise I may ask the aviation museum,or archives over in Wa if they would they like it
I wonder how the album ended up here in Brisbane in a bootsale/market being unloved (In my total excitement of buying the album for just a measly $2 , I totally forgot to ask where the stall holder got it from...but I do know that many of the stallholders at this particular market get their stuff from the local recycle shop at the rubbish tip)
Kind Regards
