Another lovely old photographic postcard that I found recently, as below, showed a girls baton group that was based in Bournemouth – the card was posted in 1914 from Bournemouth to a Miss E BORER in Wealdstone in Middlesex – as always could I possibly discover more? I started by looking for the address of 124 High Street in Wealdstone on the 1911 census and struck lucky finding the record and discovering that the BORER family had been living there – the 1911 census, as below, shows Ernest Alfred and Clara Beatrice BORER and their children Evelyn Clara aged 8 and Reginald Ernest aged 6. Ernes ..read more

Another recent old photograph find was this lovely one below of a wedding which had written on the back ‘ Sincerely Yours Mr & Mrs H BYROM 22nd December 1928’ – could I discover more without a location? On checking the marriage registrations in 1928 I quickly found a marriage of Harry BYROM to Mary E DUNCAN in the October quarter of 1928 in the Stockport registration district. Using this information I found Harry BYROM on the 1911 census, as below, aged 8 born in Denton in Lancashire living with his parents Joe and Bertha BYROM and a sister Alice aged 12 – Joe and Bertha had been marrie ..read more

Another great old family photograph that I have recently found is this one below of a lady with two girls, which very helpfully had writing on the back – ‘ 45 Newboro, Scarboro Best Wishes Xmas 1912 Mrs A THORNTON’ taken by a Scarborough photographer. Could I possibly locate the THORNTON family on the 1911 census to find matching people to this old photograph? Using the above address I quickly found the family, as below, living at 45 Newboro in Scarborough and the occupants of the house were Alfred THORNTON aged 46 occupation a Barber, Joanna THORNTON his wife aged 40 and they had five child ..read more

As you already know I love finding an old photographic postcard with clues on the back and I recently struck lucky with this fantastic photograph as below – on the back is written ‘Auntie Edie & Uncle Steve with love from Clifford Owen MESNEY 3 years, 8 months June 1910’ – could I discover more? I started by looking at the birth registrations online and found that Clifford Owen MESNEY was born in the October quarter of 1906 and his birth was registered in the St Thomas District in Devon. Moving on I then found Clifford on the 1911 census, as below, aged 4 living with his parents Robert L ..read more

Another lovely old photograph in my recent box purchase is this one below which was taken at a photographers studio in Woolwich in London and has written on the back the name Ernest E HAROLD 7 years and 4 months April 1914 – could I discover more? I started by looking at the 1911 census records in the Woolwich area and quickly found an Ernest E HAROLD aged one living with his parents Ernest E and Florence HAROLD and his uncle Stanley G HAROLD at the address of 7 Marshalls Grove in Woolwich – his father was aged 31 a Coal Porter born in Battersea in London and his mother was aged 28 born in G ..read more

I have recently bought a large box of old photographic postcards on eBay and when they arrived I looked through to see if any possibly had any names or other clues on the reverse to help identify and research then further, in the hope of eventually reuniting them with their original families. One lovely photograph that caught my eye, as below, was of a young girl taken at a photographic studio in Chorlton in Lancashire and on turning it over someone had written the name Marjorie Cecilia WALMSLEY – what a great start! Some quick research showed that Marjorie Cecilia WALMSLEY was born on the ..read more

A recent lovely old photograph find was of two girls (possibly sisters) posted on 18th April 1913 from someone living at 20 Sutton Court Road in Plaistow in Essex – could I find any more information? I started by searching the 1911 census records and using the address I found the GRAINGER family living at 20 Sutton Court Road, as below – the family were Mary GRAINGER aged 54 a widow and children William H aged 28, Isabella A aged 22, Dorothy A aged 15, George F aged 13 and Leonard A aged 12. The census showed that Mary had had fifteen children, ten of whom were still living. Source Citati ..read more

I just loved this old photograph I recently found which showed a bride as part of a wedding group celebration with lots of boy scouts behind her and luckily on the back of the postcard someone had written lots of information to help me research it further, as below; On the back is written – Miss Myrtle ROBINSON of Wood Bank, 142 Burngreave Road in Sheffield married Frank YATES at Holy Trinity Church in Nursery Street in Sheffield – Father John ROBINSON an Iron Founder in Royds Lane in Sheffield. I quickly found that Elizabeth Myrtle ROBINSON married Frank YATES in the July quarter of 1926 i ..read more

Another lovely old wedding photograph find had some clues written on back of the postcard as below – With all good wishes for a Bright and Merry Xmas and a Prosperous New Year – Mr and Mrs A E PANTER. The photograph was taken by Perrott & Lacey photographers in Rushden in Northamptonshire – so could I find a Mr and Mrs A E PANTER in that area to link to the photograph? I started by looking at marriage registrations online and found quite a few A E PANTER’s, but the most likely match seemed to be the marriage of Alfred E PANTER and Gladys M ROBINSON in the October quarter of 1924 in the ..read more

I always enjoy finding and researching old wedding photographs so I was really pleased to find this one below with lots of clues on the back – it had names Emmeline WHALLEY and Arthur and Andrew, a date of September 15th 1920 and an address of Sunnyhill Road in Streatham. I started by looking at the 1911 census records and quickly found a match to a WHALLEY family living at 119 Sunny Hill Road in Streatham ,as below, the census showed Henry WHALLEY aged 59 a Retired Grocer born in Low Moor in Clitheroe in Lancashire, his wife Dora Frances aged 59 born in Blackburn and children Arthur Angelo ..read more