Thursday, October 9, 2008

Albert & Donald on the beach



Note that even on holiday, Bert is wearing a collar and tie. Donald cannot be more than five in this picture, dating it no later than 1925. I do not know the location, but it is most likely somewhere on the Kent coast.

A Christmas card - 1911 style




From Bert to Ada. Note the red ribbon holding the card together.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Bill & Connie Warden?



This photograph appears to be a copy print. What looks like a burn mark on the top is actually an image in the print.

The photo is from the Crown Lane archive and I think it could be Bill and Connie Warden. I only knew Bill from when he married Ada in 1961 and I don't have any known earlier pictures of him. But comparing this with later pictures of Bill, I think there is a resemblance. Also, the woman appears to be older than the man. Their marriage certificate of 24 August 1914 shows that William Drewitt Warden, 26, a bachelor married Constance Anetta Dickens, 36, a widow. Her father is shown as George Dickens, so I presume she had reverted to her maiden name. (Bill's age on the marriage certificate is not quite right though. His death certificate shows he was born on 4th July 1890. This is consistent with the age of 70 shown on the certificate of his second marriage to Ada Mackie on 13th April 1961. So when he married Connie, he could only have been 24.)

A few more "unknowns"




These are all from the Crown Lane archive so they could be related to either Ada McCann/Mackie/Warden or Bill Warden. The top picture has "Flo's" written on the back, but that is not a name that rings bells with me.

The middle picture could be relatives of Bill Warden. If that is the Anchor Hotel, Shepperton in the background, then the church is St. Nicholas C of E Church.