Recent content by Pointydog

My awful family suggested he had been stuffed! The lady on the right has a cat on her lap too.

Thank you, I thought the hats were distinctive and internet-searching made me place it to the 1890s but I am no expert and good to have another opinion that places it then. If it is my family they were all farming folk but one of the sons became an accountant and lived in Harpenden - the...

Hmm, maybe my theory is just wrong then! I did see one carte de visite for a photographer on King's Parade, Cambridge but they had just printed Parade so it could be as crazy as that. Thanks for your help.

Thanks - that's a bit disappointing but good to see.

Yes, think that would be significant - I am not familiar with either area but think that would rule out Sutton then as a potential address. Thanks.

Of course it does! Sorry, will change the title if I can.

Hi all, I've come to the forum mainly to try to get to the bottom of who is showing in an old photo we have. It turned up in the house where my 2 x great grandmother lived in Over in Cambridgeshire. Annoyingly, the photographer's details only partially show, "9 The Parade" and the tops of...

Sorry, very late to this thread. I came here looking for information on Marston Hall, home to my great grand aunt Harriet Carter/Cattell. I am not sure when this card dates from - she married Herbert John Cattell in 1877 and possibly moved there then but the farm is only named Marston Hall on...