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Friday 6 July 2018

One, Two, Three: Sepia Saturday

Sepia Saturday's  prompt photograph this week, show a rather doleful trio sitting in an old darkly lit pub.  My focus is on threesomes in my family history.

Below is a much cheerier photograph of my grandfather William Danson (in the middle),  with his brother  Robert on the left (with dog)  and a friend, sitting perhaps in a local social club.  

THREE FRIENDS 
 

THREE SIBLINGS

              Florence Annie (born 1894),  Lily (born 1886) & William (born 1891)  - 
                    children of Henry Baile & Annie McAffray of Blackpool, Lancashire 


This charming photograph is  one of the oldest  in my family collection and comes from my cousin.  Elizabeth Danson, the  mother of Henry Bailey above,  was  the eldest sister  of my great grandfather James Danson.   Henry, a stone mason, died at the age of 41 in 1903, leaving his young family fatherless. 

THREE SOLEMN CHILDREN

Tom, Janie and Jack Riley, the grandchildren of Maria's sister 
Jane Riley, nee Rawcliffe, c.1913  



THREE SAILOR LADS
Jack Riley (above)  is identified in the centre  of this group,  
wearing sailor’s uniform  and a cap HMS Chester.

On the left is Marcus Bailey, a neighbour of Jack in Fleetwood. 



 I have tried to trace Jack  in service records without success.  HM Chester was a ship involved at the Battle of Jutland in the First World War.


I have  a postcard sent by Jack's  mother to my great grandmother Maria to say " Jack went out to sea today.  He went in good spirits".  The postmark is difficult to make out but could be 7.?? 16  or 18. 



THREE SISTERS
                   
A photograph from in the collection of my great aunt Jennie,  identified as 
Amy,  Edna and Lavinia Dodd, Todmorden.



Jennie's youngest brother George had enlisted  January 1916 at Todmorden, West Yorkshire.  His army service record gave his   address at the time as  17 Harker Street, Harley Bank,  Todmorden, with occupation station bookstall manager.  I turned to the 1911 census online  and found the Dodd family at  17 Harker Street, Harley Bank,  Todmorden, with head of household Elizabeth Dodd (occupation charing) and three daughters Amy aged 15 (a cotton weaver) , Edna 12 (a fustian sewer)  and Lavinia  aged 9.  They never saw George again, as he was killed on the Somme in 1916.
  

A  FAREWELL TRIO 
 
 My father in RAF uniform, with my mother on the right and her sister, my Aunt Edith on Dad's left - taken in the garden of my grandfather's house, c.1940.


THREE IN A ROW

Dad on the left  and his older brother Fred - 
whilst I am the little girl, not looking too happy 

A PROUD TRIO

 My graduation, 1965, with my parents outside the McEwan Hall, Edinburgh.
   It was a windy day! 


THREE GENERATIONS
Myself with daughter and my mother, 1981. 





 THREE HAPPY HOLIDAYMAKERS  
 My brother Chris and I,  with our father on a busy promenade in Bournemouth, c.1952  


AND THE FAMILY TRIO 45 YEARS ON........
Dad, my brother and myself. 

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AND FINALLY
This week's prompt photograph below reminded me so much of the old country places we went into for a drink  in the  little villages in Austria  - with the window style, the dark interior, wooden benches, and rafted ceiling.  Unfortunately I have no photographs of them - but here is a more modern version. 


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Sepia Saturday give bloggers an opportunity 
to share their family history through photographs.

 


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14 comments:

  1. Great "3" photos. I especially like the one of your brother, you, and your Dad when you were young & then again in adulthood. Always fun to see how everyone grows up. :)

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  2. I just love your old photos. The children are so well-dressed. Makes me wonder if all their clothes were of the same quality or if these were their special occasion clothes. By the way, both of us ended our posts by noting the walls of the prompt photo - funny!

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  3. Oh what fun, following three people in photos! I agree with Gail, the brother, father and yourself series is my favorite too!

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  4. A lovely set of threes. It's interesting to see the variety of arrangements when there are 3 subjects, especially when one is of a very different height than the others.

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  5. Love the photos of you with your family at various ages! Very moving research into the photo of the three sisters -- so sorry to learn from the caption that your great uncle George did not return from the war.

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  6. Thank you all for your kind comments. To,answer Wendy’s point about well dressed children, I suppose if parents were paying for studio photographs, they made sure children were wearing their Sunday best - all part of showing pride in their family.

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  7. My had a photograph of my grandmother wearing one of those high necked dresses when she was twelve. Unfortunately, my sister borrowed it and lost it.

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  8. Well, my favorite is the photo of your graduation - the wind blowing, the pillbox hat, the handbag, your proud parents, and you with diploma in hand. A lovely set of threes!

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  9. I like how you used numbers as your inspiration.

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  10. What a fine collection of old images, each in their own way is quite fascinating. I was especially intrigued to see the Todmorden connection : Tod is at the other end of the valley from here.

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  11. I greatly enjoyed your photo essay of threes. So many faces and lives to contemplate!

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  12. Wow, you have a lot of family photos of trios, Sue! It is so touching to see photos of times gone by and people of the past. I was going to tell you which one I liked the best but as I looked at them again I realized I couldn't choose a best, but notice special things about each that I like.

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  13. Many thanks to everyone who has taken the time to comment. I do appreciate it.

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