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Fantastic photos of all your families.
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Favourite Family History Photograph
- Thread starter MWS
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A Couple of my Hubbies favourites of his Dad and Grandparents taken about 1917/18
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Mother and fatherinlaw when they were courting taken 1934
They went on to have 15 children .
They went on to have 15 children .
lindyloo
master brummie
You're more than welcome Carol, I expect you know that you can save the picture to your computer, I just don't know how it would come out if printed, I have yet to experiment with that
I love looking at all the old photos and I have many favorites in my own collection but they are not all from Birmingham, so I'm not sure if I can post them, does anyone know if I can please ??
sospiri
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Sheer coincidence, because I don't think any of them read this forum, that the Secretary of our Gardening Club here in Crete has proposed that we all take a photograph of our younger selves on Sunday (the next meeting). The one whose photograph is least recognised by the membership is the winner. I think I will use the one of me in my pram at three months old - it's on here somewhere!
Maurice
Maurice
These Are Definitely three of my most favourite photos my uncle doug and aunt grace ( twins ) My uncle fred my aunt aunt rose and my dad leonard emery it,s my belieif that these three photos were taken on the same day, probably on the occasion of their brother fred home on leave
abt 1915.
abt 1915.
Shortie
master brummie
I have several 'favourite' family history photos, it is difficult for me to decide which is my most favourite but I have to say this one comes fairly near the top of the list. It is of my gt gt gt gt grandmother Ann Mitchell, nee West, who died in 1868/9. It is a Daguerrotype (spelling?) photograph on glass. Not found her birth yet in Somerset, but on her memorial card is is claimed she was 102. The death registration says 99, which is more like it, going on census returns. She was apparently known in the village of Long Sutton as 'Nanny Mitchell', so from that I assume she was perhaps the oldest resident. Her grandson came to live in Birmingham, her son and his wife went to Liverpool where they ran a temperance hotel. I suppose it's possible that this photo was taken after death, although she is holding something so perhaps not. The flowers have been coloured in at some point, but we don't know when or who.
Shortie
master brummie
I agre MWS, however, I have quite a few of ancestors who lived a long time, but I do have to say they all lived in the countryside. My 4 gt (I think might be 3) grandmother on another line outlived her granddaughter and died in 1867 at the age of 96. That was in Cheltenham, she had previously lived in the Gloucestershire countryside. My 2x gt grandmother on my father's paternal side was bonr in Chipping Campden and lived in Birmingham from 1841. She died in 1912 at the age of 99 and is buried at Handsworth Cemetery. I find it astonishing that they lived so long. There is no record, however, of how infirm they were.
Shortie
master brummie
Yes, I know I have MWS, one of the Mitchells is still alive (or he was last year) and he is 99 years old. I am not sure if this is a good thing or not really. I don't mind living a long time if I have both mental and physical well being, but if I am going to be suffering from dementia or physically in great pain and/or unable to walk, I will happing shuffle off a bit earlier than that. I have noticed that during the 1900's people seemed to live less long, and frankly, I blame the cigarette for a lot of it, but TB also played a big part, and sadly a lot of that came from milk. Your gt nan lived to 92 - that's a pretty decent age if you ask me, perhaps you will beat that??
Hi All.
This is my favourite in my collection it shows my father (top left) with his sister and four brothers but it is not very good quality.
They were all "hard cases" in their own way as their father was killed in WW1 and had to fend for their mother as well as each other.
I have to smile when I look at them and think "Peeky Blinders" eat your heart out.
Regards Acklam19.
This is my favourite in my collection it shows my father (top left) with his sister and four brothers but it is not very good quality.
They were all "hard cases" in their own way as their father was killed in WW1 and had to fend for their mother as well as each other.
I have to smile when I look at them and think "Peeky Blinders" eat your heart out.
Regards Acklam19.
Here are a couple of my old family photos. They are both taken in the back garden of my grandparents house in Algernon road. The first photo is of my parents wedding in 1957, my grandfather on the left was the stage manager at the Royal Theatre in New street Birmingham. I am not sure of the date of the 2nd photo but would have been earlier.
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