tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post6644775751944634547..comments2024-03-27T15:30:26.426+00:00Comments on Family History Fun: Sepia Saturday: Braving the Traffic Across the World ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-76997264737078474192014-02-21T13:42:57.543+00:002014-02-21T13:42:57.543+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Uhu workhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17781384652550244497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-60124255798111085422014-02-18T04:03:26.686+00:002014-02-18T04:03:26.686+00:00What a cool collection of photos. I was really im...What a cool collection of photos. I was really impressed that photos of the Paris Opera house and the Shanghai Bund were in your family albums. And to be topped off with your daughter's donkey ride. Way cool.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-80641310577875591422014-02-16T20:16:58.531+00:002014-02-16T20:16:58.531+00:00A really lovely post. Yes I had an ancestor who w...A really lovely post. Yes I had an ancestor who was a carter so it is lovely to see a visual representation of what he did for a living. Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-60910226496814759742014-02-16T17:10:57.192+00:002014-02-16T17:10:57.192+00:00Enjoy seeing pictures of the old structures in the...Enjoy seeing pictures of the old structures in the cities, they had so much character! Thoroughly enjoyed the picture of your daughter on her donkey.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015301472659256675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-36525602065369691382014-02-16T12:06:47.935+00:002014-02-16T12:06:47.935+00:00Thank you, Patricia, for taking the time to comm...Thank you, Patricia, for taking the time to comment. "Carter" is quite a familiar term in census returns in Britain. My ancestors seemed to go from "agricultural labourer" to "carter" to "farmer". ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-71356190144779636862014-02-16T12:04:22.994+00:002014-02-16T12:04:22.994+00:00Thank you, Gail. Charabanc comes from the French ...Thank you, Gail. Charabanc comes from the French and means a wagon with benches/seats - it was also an early name for motor coaches and I featured one in a quite recent SS post.. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-19448606664739565152014-02-16T03:32:38.264+00:002014-02-16T03:32:38.264+00:00That was a fun ride. My great grandfather was a po...That was a fun ride. My great grandfather was a postman in his small town in Minnesota. He may have start with a horse and cart but we have a photo which I hope to show one day of his first auto c.1910. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-44750555360889361802014-02-16T00:22:30.101+00:002014-02-16T00:22:30.101+00:00As always, you have managed to create your Sepia p...As always, you have managed to create your Sepia post around both the prompt & your family history which is neat. I love the bright red charabanc in Krakow, but have wondered, since I first saw the word in another's Sepia post some time back, where the name for such a vehicle came from?La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-4645819100049098502014-02-15T16:44:24.331+00:002014-02-15T16:44:24.331+00:00Very interesting tour, I especially adore the hor...Very interesting tour, I especially adore the horse drawn carriages and the sleighs by horses. Never heard that term carter before.. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-15400197109976763102014-02-15T15:41:42.730+00:002014-02-15T15:41:42.730+00:00I don't think I would have enjoyed a ride on t...I don't think I would have enjoyed a ride on top of that carriage in the Poulten Market square photo!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-65875124849201447792014-02-15T12:51:18.847+00:002014-02-15T12:51:18.847+00:00Interesting stories. My grandfather was postman. I...Interesting stories. My grandfather was postman. It was a job that you did 'for life'. He loved it.. Lovely's Blothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893362347406889242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-36212706057660402014-02-15T12:37:45.290+00:002014-02-15T12:37:45.290+00:00Fine family photos with a variety of transports. T...Fine family photos with a variety of transports. The carter postcard is a gem.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-20637503568411028842014-02-15T12:02:06.657+00:002014-02-15T12:02:06.657+00:00Very appropriate photographs from your family albu...Very appropriate photographs from your family albums. I have several carter ancestors too, thanks for the insight into what they did. Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-33986499152687859872014-02-14T08:39:41.823+00:002014-02-14T08:39:41.823+00:00I really enjoy the pictures of the horse-drawn for...I really enjoy the pictures of the horse-drawn forms of transport. We have some touristy horse drawn carriages in Melbourne but moves are under way to ban them from the city at the moment. I hope the movement fails ! A most interesting post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-50900922019105116222014-02-13T21:13:41.540+00:002014-02-13T21:13:41.540+00:00Great merging of old pics and ancestor's stori...Great merging of old pics and ancestor's stories and records. So glad you got to get some verbal reporting too. Smart. THanks!Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-84381365859475783582014-02-13T15:05:39.518+00:002014-02-13T15:05:39.518+00:00Beautiful family pictures! I particularly love the...Beautiful family pictures! I particularly love the picture of your daughter on the donkey. I would have loved that as a kid :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15558936697016622124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-64261069558718255602014-02-13T14:04:11.239+00:002014-02-13T14:04:11.239+00:00Love the photos of the busy streets but that servi...Love the photos of the busy streets but that service record is amazing. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-86973487792377846812014-02-12T22:26:01.901+00:002014-02-12T22:26:01.901+00:00I love the Poulton Market Square photo--it has a l...I love the Poulton Market Square photo--it has a lot of interesting details.<br /><br />If you hadn't mentioned the date and the fact that it was your daughter, I would have thought the last photo was a lot older.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-61759037411988302142014-02-12T18:08:39.304+00:002014-02-12T18:08:39.304+00:00I love your family photos. I had none of streetca...I love your family photos. I had none of streetcars from my own family album, but did have a few postcards.<br /><br />And your daughter on her little donkey is adorable!<br /><br />DeeDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963956577797121886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-43710095600372256652014-02-12T17:46:05.246+00:002014-02-12T17:46:05.246+00:00How interesting to have a real postman in yoiur fa...How interesting to have a real postman in yoiur family, and one who did a great service too, riding out in all weathers to make sure the post was delivered. I was a postie on the Christmas post each year as a student so I know what it was like. At least it seems to have kept him fit.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.com